imperforate
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The Post Office Department were convinced that no irregularity could have occurred, but finally made an enquiry, and were, of course, compelled to believe the evidence of the existence of imperforate specimens.
From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry
It may also be occasioned by an imperforate hymen, in which case it must be cut open by a physician.
From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous
An adult female that appeared to be in oestrus on February 3, 1952, was imperforate on February 10.
From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Fitch, Henry S.
It is a fact that he is "collected" like postage-stamps, though no published work of his has attained the price per copy of the imperforate twopenny Mauritius of 1847.
From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.
Anoestrus females are imperforate, and a vaginal orifice is present only during an active oestral cycle or in pregnancy.
From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Fitch, Henry S.
