VENIPUNCTURE

venipuncture

(noun) (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

venipuncture (countable and uncountable, plural venipunctures)

(hematology) The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or insert an intravenous line.

Synonyms

• phlebotomy

• venesection

Verb

venipuncture (third-person singular simple present venipunctures, present participle venipuncturing, simple past and past participle venipunctured)

To puncture a vein in order to collect blood

Anagrams

• puncture vine, puncturevine

Source: Wiktionary

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