imperforate

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The acetabulum for the head of the femur is imperforate, being a simple oval basin, as in Chelonian reptiles and the higher Mammals.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

Another, weighing 200 grams on February 3, 1952, still was imperforate, but by February 27 she was perforate and appeared to be in oestrus.

From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Fitch, Henry S.

The inverse ratio of seven to one for a catalog value would make the perforated stamp list $42 with the imperforate at $6.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong

In optical section "bubble-cells" have a certain resemblance to porocytes, but the cell is of course imperforate and not flattened.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Hare-lip, cleft palate, hernia and imperforate anus are physical abnormalities which are interesting to the surgeon rather than to the pathologist.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various