PERFORATUS
\pˈɜːfɔːɹˌatəs], \pˈɜːfɔːɹˌatəs], \p_ˈɜː_f_ɔː_ɹ_ˌa_t_ə_s]\
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That which is pierced. Anatomists have given this name to muscles whose fibres or tendons separate to suffer other parts to pass through them. Such are the Flexor brevis digitorum pedis, F. sublimis perforatus, and Coraco-brachialis. Also, to parts that are perforated for any purpose- as the substantia perforata of the brain.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).