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ə noun, plural phle·bot·o·mies. Medicine/Medical.
the act or practice of opening a vein for letting or drawing blood as a therapeutic or diagnostic measure; venesection; bleeding.
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World English Dictionary
phlebotomy (flɪˈbɒtəmɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -mies | |
| Also called: venesection surgical incision into a vein | |
| [C14: from Old French flebothomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek] | |
| phlebotomic | |
| —adj | |
| phlebo'tomical | |
| —adj | |
| phle'botomist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Science Dictionary
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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Example sentences
This employee will also perform animal observation, and minor clinical tasks such as phlebotomy.
When she comes to distribute prescriptions at the next Guild meeting, she brings along her red-veined rubber phlebotomy arm.
My hospital recently decided to ask nurses, rather than the phlebotomy team, to handle blood draws.
Phlebotomy is still used as an extremely effective treatment for haemochromatosis.
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