Term: venipuncture: (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
Candidate hypernym: puncture: the act of puncturing or perforating → 1
Candidate hypernym: savory: either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family → 0
Candidate hypernym: bier: a coffin along with its stand → 0
Candidate hypernym: human immunodeficiency virus: the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells → 0
Candidate hypernym: pneumatic drill: a power drill powered by compressed air → 0
Candidate hypernym: eumenes: mason wasps → 0
Candidate hypernym: rhodium: a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum → 0
Candidate hypernym: council member: a member of a council → 0
Candidate hypernym: staghorn sumac: deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries → 0
Candidate hypernym: raoulia: genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia → 0
Candidate hypernym: enhydra: sea otters → 0