punctate
(pŭnk′tāt )
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Having pinpoint punctures or depressions on the surface; marked with dots.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Punctate." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734448/2/punctate.
Punctate. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734448/2/punctate. Accessed November 3, 2025.
Punctate. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734448/2/punctate
Punctate [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 November 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734448/2/punctate.
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