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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PUNCTATE

From New Latin punctātus, from Latin punctum a point.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PUNCTATE

punctate  [ˈpʌŋkteɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUNCTATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Punctate is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PUNCTATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of punctate in the English dictionary

The definition of punctate in the dictionary is having or marked with minute spots, holes, or depressions.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUNCTATE


acetate
ˈæsɪˌteɪt
coarctate
kəʊˈɑːkteɪt
delectate
dɪˈlekteɪt
eructate
ɪˈrʌkteɪt
estate
ɪˈsteɪt
facilitate
fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt
hesitate
ˈhɛzɪˌteɪt
humectate
hjuːˈmɛkteɪt
interstate
ˈɪntəˌsteɪt
lactate
ˈlækteɪt
nictate
ˈnɪkteɪt
out-of-state
ˈaʊtəvˌsteɪt
pectate
ˈpɛkteɪt
pernoctate
pɜːˈnɒkteɪt
prostate
ˈprɒsteɪt
rotate
rəʊˈteɪt
state
steɪt
Tate
teɪt
tractate
ˈtrækteɪt
upstate
ˈʌpˈsteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUNCTATE

puncing
punctated
punctation
punctator
punctilio
punctilious
punctiliously
punctiliousness
puncto
punctual
punctualist
punctuality
punctually
punctuate
punctuation
punctuation mark
punctuationist
punctuative
punctuator
punctulate

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUNCTATE

calcium lactate
chief of state
city-state
constate
Empire State
Free State
Golden State
home State
imitate
industrial estate
lie in state
real estate
redictate
reluctate
secretary of state
solid-state
spectate
steady state
tri-state
Under-Secretary of State

Synonyms and antonyms of punctate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «punctate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUNCTATE

Find out the translation of punctate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of punctate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «punctate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

点状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puntiforme
570 millions of speakers

English

punctate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कबरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منقط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

точечный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pontuada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

punctate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ponctuée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Punctate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

punctata
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

点状の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

점상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Punctate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có dấu lấm chấm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புள்ளிகளுடையது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विरामचिन्हे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

benekli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

punctate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

punktowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

точковий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

punctiformă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στικτή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

punktaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

punktat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

punctate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of punctate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUNCTATE»

The term «punctate» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.217 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUNCTATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «punctate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «punctate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about punctate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUNCTATE»

Discover the use of punctate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to punctate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Adenovirus Epithelial Keratitis and Thygeson's Superficial ...
The book 's high-magnification images and case reports help clinicians distinguish between the two.
Helena M. Tabery, 2011
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Dry Eye Disease: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis and ...
Punctate epithelial keratopathy is the general category use to describe tiny, focal, round lesions of corneal epithelium. They may be clear or semitransparent. They can be at any depth of the corneal epithelium and may or may not stain with ...
Penny A. Asbell, Michael A. Lemp, 2011
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Manual of Ocular Diagnosis and Therapy
Punctate epithelial keratitis is characterized by focal inflammatory infiltration of the epithelium, resulting in minute opaque epithelial lesions observed in focal illumination or with the slitlamp. Although they may occur without staining, they often ...
Deborah Pavan-Langston, 2008
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Clinical Ocular Pharmacology
Figure 26-38 Diffuse punctate epithelial erosions in a patient with toxic keratitis.( Courtesy of Pat Caroline.) prompted anesthetic use such as a corneal abrasion, RCE, or corneal surgery.The anesthetic is often obtained from a physician or is ...
Jimmy D. Bartlett, Siret D. Jaanus, 2008
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Atlas of Mammography
Punctate Calcifications Small, relatively smooth, pearllike, uniform microcalcifications are classified as punctate. These have well-defined margins and are usually multiple and similar in size, shape, and density. Punctate calcifications usually ...
Ellen Shaw De Paredes, 2007
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Practical Digital Mammography
5-23 Punctate calcifications Sclerosing adenosis 52 5-24 Punctate calcifications Calcifications in lobules 53 5-25 Punctate calcifications Fibrocystic changes 54 5- 26 Punctate calcifications Fibrocystic changes 55 5-27 Punctate calcifications ...
Beverly Hashimoto, 2011
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Breast Calcification: A Diagnostic Manual
Punctate (round or oval) calcifications are also commonly found in DCIS. In our series just under 50% of calcification clusters contained punctate calcifications and about 15% of DCIS calcifications clusters were made up of calcifications which ...
Andrew J. Evans, 2002
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The Cerambycidae of North America: Taxonomy and ...
Head with vertex and frons coarsely punctate, punctures in impressed area above antennal bases largely confluent; area between lower eye lobe and base of mandibles short; clypeus coarsely punctate; antennae reaching to apical one- fifth ...
Earle Gorton Linsley, John A. Chemsak, 1961
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Diseases of the Brain, Head & Neck, Spine: Diagnostic ...
Cerebral Contusion and Hematoma The term “cerebral contusion” is used to indicate (punctate) hemorrhages within the brain parenchyma. Contusions are often multiple and located near the surface of the brain; associated SAH is a common ...
Gustav K. von Schulthess, Christoph Zollikofer, 2008
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Brachiopods
ABSTRACT- The classification of punctate spiriferid brachiopods is re-examined and some systematic emendations for Mesozoic Spiriferinida are proposed. Families and higher taxa of punctate spiriferids are diagnosed, and revised, and a ...
Paul Copper, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUNCTATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term punctate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
No charges against center in girl's death
“The evidence of external injury noted in the autopsy report in the form of various abrasions and punctate marks are consistent with the documented ... «South Lake Press, Jul 15»
2
Structural changes of the choroid in sarcoid- and tuberculosis …
... (2) to identify distinct stages of a disease process as illustrated by punctate inner choroidopathy; (3) objective measurement of vitreous inflammation; and (4) to ... «Nature.com, May 15»
3
Breaking Through the Blood Brain Barrier
Brain section immunstaining to assess in vivo BBB trafficking. Punctate intracellular vesicles containing anti-transferrin receptor antibody (red) and intraluminally ... «Armed with Science, Mar 15»
4
Cambridge-ul schimbă sistemul de punctate a candidaților
Sistemul de punctare a examenelor Cambridge English s-a schimbat de anul acesta. Cambridge English Assessment Language a creat un nou tip de raportare ... «Stiri de Sibiu, Jan 15»
5
Human Cytomegalovirus UL97 Phosphorylates the Viral Nuclear …
Notably, treatment of infected cells with the UL97 inhibitor maribavir or infection with a UL97 mutant led to a punctate rather than a continuous distribution of the ... «Journal of Virology, Dec 14»
6
Blind battle to see daughter's face
Nearly two years ago I was diagnosed with punctate inner choroidopathy and also multifocal choroiditis. Both are eye diseases in a group called 'white dot ... «Stuff.co.nz, Oct 14»
7
Bausch + Lomb Announces Successful Results from Phase 3 Study …
... of the globe, such as allergic conjunctivitis, acne rosacea, superficial punctate keratitis, herpes zoster keratitis, iritis, cyclitis, selected infective conjunctivitides, ... «MarketWatch, Sep 14»
8
Make the Diagnosis: Lifelong Left Foot Pain
Physical examination revealed a tender lesion under the left second metatarsal head composed of petechiae or punctate lesions, surrounded by a callus ... «MedPage Today, Sep 14»
9
West Nile virus can resemble psoriasis
Symptoms that resemble folliculitis, including transient, asymptomatic, punctate morbilliform macules and papules have been described in previous cases of ... «Clinical Advisor, Apr 14»
10
Speaker: Suspect sleep apnea in all cases of floppy eyelid syndrome
Patients will describe their symptoms as waking up with a dry, gritty, irritated eye that gets better during the day, Sutton said. They may have punctate keratitis, ... «Healio, Mar 14»

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