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VENIPUNCTURE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("venipuncture" is a kind of...):

puncture (the act of puncturing or perforating)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb venipuncture

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