venous blood

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Finger-prick screening tests are often available in pediatric offices, but results may need to be confirmed in venous blood if the screening result was elevated.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2024

Most such experiments measure static venous blood concentration, which provides little information about glucose and lactate kinetics.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

See, to get enough fingerprick blood to run all the studies, you’d need to prick every finger on the patient — so as a matter of convenience, venous blood was drawn.

From The Verge • Sep. 24, 2021

For all samples, following consent obtainment, about 2–5 ml of venous blood was obtained and then diluted with one volume of PBS.

From Nature • Jan. 24, 2017

The meaning is very clear; the Elodea leaf in sunshine took the carbon from the CO2, and the oxygen thus set free gave the venous blood the scarlet hue characteristic of the arterial condition. 

From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Darwin, Francis, Sir