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heelprick

noun

Etymology

From heel + prick.

  1. derived from *breyǵ-✻ — “to scrape, scratch, rub, prickle, chap”
  2. inherited from *prikô✻
  3. inherited from *prikō✻
  4. inherited from prica
  5. inherited from prik
  6. compounded as heelprick — “heel + prick”

Definitions

  1. The act of pricking the heel for the purpose of drawing a tiny amount of blood.

The neighborhood

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