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phlebotomy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phlebotomy \Phle*bot"o*my\, n. [L. phlebotomia Gr ?; ?, ?, a vein + ? to cut: cf F. phl['e]botomie. Cf {Fleam}.] (Med.) The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: phlebotomy n : surgical incision into a vein [syn: {venesection}]
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