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- noun medicine The
pricking of afinger in order to obtain a smallsample ofblood
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Examples
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We didn't even have glycosylated hemoglobin measurements; in fact, fingerstick machines for home use were just being developed.
Archive 2008-02-01 1 Dinosaur 2008
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® Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test for use with oral fluid, fingerstick and venous whole blood and plasma samples.
News 2010
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The introduction of fingerstick capillary blood glucose monitoring in the 1970s set the stage for the era of intensive insulin therapy, leading to a substantial reduction in the risk of long-term complications from diabetes.
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The idea: Each machine could test a fingerstick of blood from a few dozen people an hour, with multiple machines dispatched to an emergency to handle the crowds.
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The introduction of fingerstick capillary blood glucose monitoring in the 1970s set the stage for the era of intensive insulin therapy, leading to a substantial reduction in the risk of long-term complications from diabetes.
New England Journal of Medicine H. A. Wolpert 2010
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Very difficult to manage with nothing but a fingerstick glucose monitor in a tent, but she made it.
News By Richard Chin 2010
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The anomalies from this suggested that a dropping feed of 1 fingerstick glimepiride may indicate divided to diabetes 2 effective benefits with angioedema disease, and the sex may close diminished based on burning agent glucose levels.
Wii-volution 2010
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They'll ask you to send that data to them, they'll confirm that "it sucks in comparison to all the calibration fingerstick entries", and issue the credit immediately.
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The anomalies from this suggested that a dropping feed of 1 fingerstick glimepiride may indicate divided to diabetes 2 effective benefits with angioedema disease, and the sex may close diminished based on burning agent glucose levels.
Wii-volution 2010
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They'll ask you to send that data to them, they'll confirm that "it sucks in comparison to all the calibration fingerstick entries", and issue the credit immediately.
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