venipuncture

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Etymology

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

Noun

venipuncture (countable and uncountable, plural venipunctures)

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

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venipuncture (third-person singular simple present venipunctures, present participle venipuncturing, simple past and past participle venipunctured)

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

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