🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

venipuntura

Pronunciation / Transliteration: vɛnipuntura

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
venipuncture/ˈvɛnɪˌpʌŋktʃər/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #45000 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'infermiera ha eseguito la venipuntura con precisione."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The puncture of a vein as part of a medical procedure, typically to withdraw a blood sample or for intravenous injection.

    "The nurse performed a skilled venipuncture to collect blood for the laboratory tests."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From Latin vēna ('vein') + English puncture, coined in the 19th century in medical contexts to describe the surgical or diagnostic puncturing of a vein.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "venipuncture"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "venipuncture"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "venipuncture" Synonym Map