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Punctum

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Punc´tum
n.1.A point.
Punctum cæcum
(Anat.) Same as Blind spot, under Blind.
Punctum proximum
near point. See under Point.
Punctum remotum
far point. See under Point.
Punctum vegetationis
(Bot.) the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates.
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Noun1.punctum - (anatomy) a point or small area
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
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I have plenty of ideas and facts, you know, and I can see he is just the man to put them into shape--remembers what the right quotations are, omne tulit punctum, and that sort of thing--gives subjects a kind of turn.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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