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noun

Surgery. a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.

the beveled leading edge of a sawtooth.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English fleme, fleom < Middle French flieme ≪ Late Latin phlebotomus, < Greek phlebotómon; see phlebo-, tome

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fleam (fliːm)

—n
	archaic a lancet used for letting blood

[C16: from Old French flieme, alteration of Late Latin phlebotomus lancet (literally: vein cutter); see phlebotomy]

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