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phle·bot·o·my

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–noun, plural -mies. Medicine/Medical.

the act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood as a therapeutic measure; venesection; bleeding.

[Origin: 1350–1400; earlier flebotomye, phlebothomy (< MF flebotomie) < ML phlebotomia, LL < Gk phlebotomía (see phlebo-, -tomy); r. ME fleobotomie < ML fleobotomia, var. of phlebotomia

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phle·bot·o·my Audio Help (flĭ-bŏt'ə-mē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. phle·bot·o·mies
The act or practice of opening a vein by incision or puncture to remove blood as a therapeutic treatment. Also called venesection.

[Middle English flebotomie, from Old French flebothomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek phlebotomiā, from phlebotomos, opening a vein : phlebo-, phlebo- + -tomos, cutting; see -tome.]

phleb'o·tom'ic (flěb'ə-tŏm'ĭk), phleb'o·tom'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.

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phlebotomy

"bloodletting," c.1400, flebotomye, from O.Fr. flebotomie (13c.), from medical L. phlebotomia, from Gk. phlebotomia "blood-letting," from phlebotomos "opening veins," from phleps (gen. phlebos) "vein" + -tomia "cutting of," from tome "a cutting" (see tome).

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phlebotomy
noun
surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis [syn: venesection]

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phlebotomy Audio Help (flĭ-bŏt'ə-mē) Pronunciation Key
The act or practice of opening a vein by incision or puncture to remove blood.

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Phlebotomy

Fleam\, n. [F. flamme, OF. flieme, fr. LL. flevotomum, phlebotomum; cf. D. vlijm. See Phlebotomy.] (Surg. & Far.) A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet.

Fleam tooth, a tooth of a saw shaped like an isosceles triangle; a peg tooth. --Knight.

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