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venipuncture

or ··ܲԳ·ٳܰ

[ ven-uh-puhngk-cher, vee-nuh- ]

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. the puncture of a vein for surgical or therapeutic purposes or for collecting blood specimens for analysis.


venipuncture

/ ˈɛɪˌʌŋʃə /

noun

  1. med the puncturing of a vein, esp to take a sample of venous blood or inject a drug
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of venipuncture1

1900–05; variant of venepuncture with -i-
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Example Sentences

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Additional images released by the Navy on Wednesday show sailors preparing for the mission by practicing with IV needles during a venipuncture training and sterilizing surgical equipment.

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One vine plunges a thick spine into my inner elbow with the precision of a phlebotomist doing a venipuncture.

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In the closing of the complaint she filed Monday, Brengle seeks “entry of a Permanent Injunction restraining Defendants from performing and threatening to perform a venipuncture blood test” on her.

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Blood was collected by femoral venipuncture under ketamine anaesthesia, and serum and EDTA–plasma were collected and stored at −80 °C for ELISA, neutralization analysis and to isolate RNA for qRT–PCR.

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“Theranos’s technology is a groundbreaking feat of science and engineering, making it possible to accurately analyze micro amounts of blood for the same tests routinely done today with traditional venipuncture.”

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