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venipuncture en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

venipuncturist

Synonyms

blood draw · venesection · phlebotomy

Translations (4)

ga féithpholladh (hematology: the collection of blood from a vein) · id venipunktur (hematology: the collection of blood from a vein) · pl wenopunkcja (hematology: the collection of blood from a vein) · hu vérvétel (hematology: the collection of blood from a vein)

venipuncture en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To puncture a vein in order to collect blood; to perform a venipuncture.

Forms