•perforation (act of perforating or the state of being perforated) · perforation (series of holes punched through something in order to assist in separating parts) · perforation (abnormal opening in an organ, such as a rupture)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Latin forō Latin perforō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin perforātiōlbor. Polish perforacja Learned borrowing from Latin perforātiō.