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venesection


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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