n, pl  punc*ta   :  a small area marked off from a surrounding surface <insect bites … may show the central tiny hemorrhagic -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.>  - see LACRIMAL PUNCTUM  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  pe·nec·to·my 
 
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