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venipuncture
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venipuncture /veni·punc·ture/ (ven?i-pungk´chur) surgical puncture of a vein.
ve·ni·punc·ture or ve·ne·punc·ture (vn-pngkchr, vn-)
n.
Puncture of a vein, as for drawing blood, intravenous feeding, or the administration of medicine.
venipuncture (ven´pungkchur),
n surgical or therapeutic puncture of a vein.
venipuncture, venepuncture
surgical puncture of a vein.
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Dog positioned for venipuncture of the jugular vein. By permission from Ettinger SJ, Feldman E, Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Saunders, 2004
venipuncture The puncture of a vein with a needle with the intent to either obtain blood or administer a therapeutic substance. See Phlebotomy. Cf Cut-down.


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