imperforate
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Another, weighing 200 grams on February 3, 1952, still was imperforate, but by February 27 she was perforate and appeared to be in oestrus.
From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Henry S. Fitch
Colotomy in the left groin applicable in cases of imperforate anus and deficiency of rectum in infants.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
In a young condition they are tubular, but not folded; and often, according to Prof. Macgillivray, either one or both are at first imperforate.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Operations for Artificial Anus.—In children the condition known as imperforate anus may sometimes be remedied by exploratory operations in the perineum, guided by the protrusion caused by the distended intestine.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
Attempts are, however, made to palm off trimmed reprints as imperforate specimens.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by John Kerr Tiffany
