VENIPUNCTURE


Meaning of VENIPUNCTURE in English

/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- ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .