Venipuncture
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis, to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Venipunctures
- possessive
- Venipuncture's
- pluralpossessive
- Venipunctures'