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ven·e·sec·tion 
[ven-uh-sek-shuhn, vee-nuh-] Pronunciation Key
[ven-uh-sek-shuhn, vee-nuh-] Pronunciation Key
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| phle·bot·o·my
(flĭ-bŏt'ə-mē) Pronunciation Key
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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| ven·e·sec·tion
(věn'ĭ-sěk'shən, vē'nĭ-) Pronunciation Key
n. See phlebotomy. [New Latin vēnae sectiō : Latin vēnae, genitive sing. of vēna, vein + Latin sectiō, sectiōn-, cutting; see section.] |
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| venesection | |
noun | |
| surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis |
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venesection ven·e·sec·tion (věn'ĭ-sěk'shən, vē'nĭ-)
n.
See phlebotomy.
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Venesection
Ve`ne*sec"tion\, n. [NL. venaesectio; L. vena vein + sectio section.] (Med.) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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