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vacupuncture

noun

Etymology

Blend of vacuum + puncture.

  1. borrowed from punctūra
  2. compounded as vacupuncture — “vacuum + puncture”

Definitions

  1. A blood collection system involving aspiration through a capillary.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA