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venipuncture
[ ven-uh-puhngk-cher, vee-nuh- ]
noun
- the puncture of a vein for surgical or therapeutic purposes or for collecting blood specimens for analysis.
venipuncture
/ ˈɛɪˌʌŋʃə /
noun
- med the puncturing of a vein, esp to take a sample of venous blood or inject a drug
Word History and Origins
Origin of venipuncture1
Example Sentences
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.
One vine plunges a thick spine into my inner elbow with the precision of a phlebotomist doing a venipuncture.
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.
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.
“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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