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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Venesection \Ve`ne*sec"tion\, n. [NL. venaesectio L. vena vein
+ sectio section.] (Med.)
The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood;
bloodletting; phlebotomy.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
venesection
n : surgical incision into a vein [syn: {phlebotomy}]
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