venipuncture

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
venipuncture
noun chiefly N. Amer. variant spelling of venepuncture.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
venepuncture /ˈvɛnɪˌpʌŋ(k)tʃə, ˈviːnɪ-/ (chiefly N. Amer. also venipuncture)
noun the puncture of a vein to withdraw a blood sample or for an intravenous injection.
– origin 1920s: from L. vena ‘vein’ + puncture.
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