"fingerprick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fingerpricks [plural]
Etymology: finger + prick Etymology templates: {{compound|en|finger|prick}} finger + prick Head templates: {{en-noun}} fingerprick (plural fingerpricks)
  1. An act of pricking one's finger, generally for the purpose of drawing a tiny amount of blood.
    Sense id: en-fingerprick-en-noun-sE75tIUs
  2. The wound created by such an act.
    Sense id: en-fingerprick-en-noun-wnSHRi4b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Medicine
Disambiguation of Medicine: 0 0

Inflected forms

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