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centesis

centesis noun: puncture or perforation.

Noun

centesis (countable and uncountable, plural centeses)

  1. Puncture or perforation.

centesis meaning in Tamil

centesis in Tamil

ஊசியால் துளைத்தல், துளையிடல்

Forms of centesis

pluralcenteses

Origin of centesis

From Ancient Greek κέντησις (kéntēsis, “the act of pricking”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “I prick”).

Words formed from centesis

Questions about centesis

What does centesis mean?
Centesis means puncture or perforation.
What is centesis in Tamil?
Centesis in Tamil is ஊசியால் துளைத்தல், துளையிடல். See Centesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is centesis?
Centesis is a noun.
What is the plural of centesis?
The plural of centesis is centeses.

Words near centesis in the dictionary

  1. centesimation
  2. centesimations
  3. centesimi
  4. centesimo
  5. centesimos
  6. centesis
  7. centesm
  8. centesms
  9. centgrave
  10. centgraves
  11. centi-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centesis (page history and authors); centesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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