[fleb-uh-tom-ik] 
| 1. | of or noting phlebotomy. |
| 2. | (of insects) bloodsucking. |
| phle·bot·o·my (flĭ-bŏt'ə-mē) 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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