CARDIO-PUNCTURE

n. Ka3rd ' i2 - o - pu3n2k ' tu2r. From KapSia, the heart, and punctura, a puncture. Fr.. c.-p. An experimental puncture of the heart in an animal with the tip of a needle, the motions of the free end of which give a tracing of the cardiac movements. [L, 49.] A, ape; A2, at; A, ah; A4, all; Ch, chin; Ch2, loch (Scottish); [s. 88]