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phle⋅bot⋅o⋅my
[fluh-bot-uh-mee] 
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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. |
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| 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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Phlebotomy
Phle*bot"o*my\, n. [L. phlebotomia, Gr. ?; ?, ?, a vein + ? to cut: cf. F. phl['e]botomie. Cf. Fleam.] (Med.) The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
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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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Main Entry: phle·bot·o·my
Pronunciation: fli-'bät-&-mE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -mies
: theletting of blood for transfusion, apheresis, diagnostic testing, or experimental procedures and especially formerly for the treatment of disease called also venesection, venotomy
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phlebotomy phle·bot·o·my (flĭ-bŏt'ə-mē)
n.
The act or practice of opening a vein by incision or puncture to remove blood. Also called venesection, venotomy.
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| phlebotomy (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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