venipuncture

American  

[ven-uh-puhngk-cher, vee-nuh-] / ˈvɛn əˌpʌŋk tʃər, ˈvi nə- /

Or venepuncture

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. the puncture of a vein for surgical or therapeutic purposes or for collecting blood specimens for analysis.

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venipuncture British  

/ ˈvɛnɪˌpʌŋktʃə /

noun

1. med the puncturing of a vein, esp to take a sample of venous blood or inject a drug

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Etymology

Origin of venipuncture

1900–05; variant of venepuncture with -i-

Example Sentences

Additional images released by the Navy on Wednesday show sailors preparing for the mission by practicing with IV needles during a venipuncture training and sterilizing surgical equipment.

From Fox News

One vine plunges a thick spine into my inner elbow with the precision of a phlebotomist doing a venipuncture.

From Science Magazine

In an interview last week before her lawsuit was filed, Brengle said that intense reactions to venipuncture have been an issue in her family for generations.

From New York Times

Blood was collected by femoral venipuncture under ketamine anaesthesia, and serum and EDTA–plasma were collected and stored at −80 °C for ELISA, neutralization analysis and to isolate RNA for qRT–PCR.

From Nature

“Theranos’s technology is a groundbreaking feat of science and engineering, making it possible to accurately analyze micro amounts of blood for the same tests routinely done today with traditional venipuncture.”

From The Wall Street Journal