Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An act of
pricking one'sfinger , generally for the purpose ofdrawing a tiny amount ofblood . - noun The
wound created by such an act.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word fingerprick.
Examples
-
Tests such as fingerprick and urine tests are unable, to provide conclusive evidence, to substantiate whether you have diabetes.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
-
The test itself takes about 10 minutes with a simple blood draw from a fingerprick.
-
What I found, as a medical doctor, was that the blood spot testing from capillary fingerprick gave more definitive results for my most difficult thyroid cases.
-
Recently, Dr. Shames told me that he is increasingly relying on specialized capillary fingerprick / blood spot testing for thyroid levels, rather than the traditional thyroid blood tests and analysis done by most laboratories.
-
All needles and fingerprick lancets are new, sterile and only used once.
Muti 2009
-
Although urine and fingerprick tests can detect if your blood glucose level is high, the results can be guaranteed without having one of several blood tests done in a laboratory to be completely sure either way: two of the more recognized tests are the fasting blood sugar test and, if necessary, the oral glucose tolerance test.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
-
"We are aiming to measure 100 proteins per fingerprick within a year or so.
innovations-report 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.