VENIPUNCTURE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (medicine) puncture of a vein through the skin in order to withdraw blood for analysis or to start an intravenous drip or to inject medication or a radiopaque dye
   Hypernyms(s) venipuncture is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • puncture (what does puncture mean?)