venipuncture
1venipuncture — [ven΄ə puŋk′chər, vē΄nəpuŋk′chər] n. [< L vena, vein + PUNCTURE] Med. the puncture of a vein, as with a hypodermic needle …
2Venipuncture — 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… …
3venipuncture — noun Date: circa 1903 surgical puncture of a vein especially for the withdrawal of blood or for intravenous medication …
4venipuncture — /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 ] * * * …
5venipuncture — noun The collection of blood from a vein …
6venipuncture — 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… …
7venipuncture — n. puncturing of a vein (Medicine) …
8venipuncture — noun chiefly N. Amer. variant spelling of venepuncture …
9venipuncture — veni·puncture …
10venipuncture — venepuncture …