Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

puncture

Synonyms
Definitions

Incision of tissues for injection of medication or for other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Punctures of the skin, for example may be used for diagnostic drainage; of blood vessels for diagnostic imaging procedures. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID4735

Definition

Incision of tissues for injection of medication or for other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Punctures of the skin, for example may be used for diagnostic drainage; of blood vessels for diagnostic imaging procedures. [MeSH]

label

RID4735

Preferred_name

puncture

prefixIRI

RID4735

prefLabel

puncture

Source

Playbook

UMLS_ID

C0034117

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID4733

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