| NOUN | act | venipuncture | (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 |
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| 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. | |
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| Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
| Broader | puncture | The act of puncturing or perforating |
| Spanish | venopunción | |
| Catalan | venipunció, venopunció | |
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