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IMPERFORATE [6 records]

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Record 1 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Hypericum maculatum
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Hypericaceae.

OBS

spotted St. John's-wort: common name also used to refer to the species Hypericum punctatum.

Key term(s)
  • dotted St. Johnswort
  • imperforate St. Johnswort
  • spotted St. Johnswort

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Hypericum maculatum
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Hypericaceae.

Key term(s)
  • mille-pertuis taché
  • mille-pertuis maculé

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A hymen in which there is no opening, the membrane completely occluding the vagina.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Malformation de l'hymen qui est non perforé, conduisant à un hématocolpos.

OBS

imperforation de l'hymen : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bowels
DEF

Persistence of the anal membrane, so that the anus is closed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intestins

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
DEF

lacking perforation or rouletting.

CONT

... imperforate stamps ... did not have any means provided for separation and were to be cut apart with scissors. (SCOCA, 1983, p. vii).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
DEF

Qualifie un timbre pour lequel aucun moyen de séparation n'a été prévu. (WIRPH, 1979, p. 162).

CONT

Certains timbres canadiens furent émis non dentelés bien après l'apparition des premiers timbres dentelés. (TASTI, 1978, p. 95).

Spanish

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Record 5 1978-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postage Stamps and Stamp Cancelling
CONT

The edge without separation of a stamp from an outer row or column of a sheet perforated only between stamps (...)

OBS

for "straight edge" : The term "straight edge" is often used as a synonym for imperforate margin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Timbres et oblitération
OBS

Équivalent trouvé dans une vitrine d'exposition du Musée des Postes du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 1977-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Not perforated, or lacking a normal opening, esp. descriptive or foraminiferal test walls without pores or tiny perforations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Parmi les Foraminifères à "test calcaire", on distingue les imperforés dont la paroi est homogène et d'aspect porcellané (...)

Spanish

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