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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.
Origin:
1350–1400; earlier flebotomye, phlebothomy (< MF flebotomie) < ML phlebotomia, LL < Gk phlebotomía (see phlebo-, -tomy ); r. ME fleobotomie < ML fleobotomia, var. of phlebotomia
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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 
"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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