Venipuncture
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| Venipuncture | |
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| Term | Venipuncture |
| Short definition | venipuncture - (pronounced) (VEE-nih-PUNK-cher) A procedure that uses a needle to draw blood from a vein, usually for laboratory tests. Venipuncture can also be done to remove extra red blood cells from the blood to treat certain blood disorders. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
venipuncture - (pronounced) (VEE-nih-PUNK-cher) A procedure that uses a needle to draw blood from a vein, usually for laboratory tests. Venipuncture can also be done to remove extra red blood cells from the blood to treat certain blood disorders. Also called blood sampling and phlebotomy
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