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venipuncture

noun

Etymology

From ven- + puncture, equivalent to veno- + puncture but with -i- as interconsonantal (versus -o-).

  1. borrowed from punctūra
  2. prefixed as venipuncture — “ven- + puncture”

Definitions

  1. The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or…

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

  2. To puncture a vein in order to collect blood

    To puncture a vein in order to collect blood; to perform a venipuncture.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for venipuncture. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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