venipuncture

== English == === Alternative forms === venepuncture, venopuncture === Etymology === From ven- +‎ puncture, equivalent to veno- + puncture but with -i- as interconsonantal (versus -o-). === Noun === venipuncture (countable and uncountable, plural venipunctures) (hematology) The puncture of a vein, usually to draw a blood sample, collect a blood donation, or insert an intravenous line. Synonyms: blood draw, phlebotomy, venesection ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === venipuncture (third-person singular simple present venipunctures, present participle venipuncturing, simple past and past participle venipunctured) (transitive) To puncture a vein in order to collect blood; to perform a venipuncture. ==== Further reading ==== venipuncture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === puncture vine, puncturevine