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vacutainer

vacutainer noun: a glass or plastic test tube with a rubber stopper creating an internal vacuum, used to draw blood samples.

vacutainer: a glass or plastic test tube with a rubber stopper creating an internal vacuum, used to draw blood...
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Noun

vacutainer (plural vacutainers)

  1. A glass or plastic test tube with a rubber stopper creating an internal vacuum, used to draw blood samples.

Forms of vacutainer

pluralvacutainers
alternative formVacutainer

Origin of vacutainer

Blend of vacuum + container, originally a trademark.

Questions about vacutainer

What does vacutainer mean?
Vacutainer means a glass or plastic test tube with a rubber stopper creating an internal vacuum, used to draw blood samples.
What part of speech is vacutainer?
Vacutainer is a noun.
What is the plural of vacutainer?
The plural of vacutainer is vacutainers.

Words near vacutainer in the dictionary

  1. vacuous truths
  2. vacuously
  3. vacuousness
  4. vacupuncture
  5. vacutained
  6. vacutainer
  7. vacutainers
  8. vacutome
  9. vacutomes
  10. vacuum
  11. vacuum activities

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