Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
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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