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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body countable, uncountable

Etymology

From angio- + -tomy (from Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel, urn, pot”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)).

Related phrases

blood vessel

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