venipuncture

venipuncture
The collection of blood from a vein.

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  • venipuncture — [ven΄ə puŋk′chər, vē΄nəpuŋk′chər] n. [< L vena, vein + PUNCTURE] Med. the puncture of a vein, as with a hypodermic needle …   English World dictionary

  • Venipuncture — In medicine venipuncture or venepuncture (also known as phlebotomy, venesection, blood draw, drawing blood or taking blood) is the process of obtaining a sample of venous blood. Usually a 5 ml to 25 ml sample of blood is adequate depending on… …   Wikipedia

  • venipuncture — noun Date: circa 1903 surgical puncture of a vein especially for the withdrawal of blood or for intravenous medication …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • venipuncture — /ven euh pungk cheuhr, vee neuh /, n. Med. the puncture of a vein for surgical or therapeutic purposes or for collecting blood specimens for analysis. Also, venepuncture. [1900 05; var. of VENEPUNCTURE with I ] * * * …   Universalium

  • venipuncture — The puncture of a vein, usually to withdraw blood or inject a solution. * * * ve·ni·punc·ture also ve·ne·punc·ture vēn ə .pəŋ(k) chər, ven ə n surgical puncture of a vein esp. for the withdrawal of blood or for administration of intravenous… …   Medical dictionary

  • venipuncture — n. puncturing of a vein (Medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • venipuncture — noun chiefly N. Amer. variant spelling of venepuncture …   English new terms dictionary

  • venipuncture — veni·puncture …   English syllables

  • venipuncture — venepuncture …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • venipuncture — /ˈvɛnəpʌŋktʃə/ (say venuhpungkchuh) noun the puncture of a vein for surgical or therapeutic purposes. {veni (combining form representing Latin vēna vein) + puncture} …  

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