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fleam
fleam
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flim
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fleem
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noun
1.
Surgery
.
a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.
2.
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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