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Phlebotomy

//flɪˈbɒtəmi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection. countable, uncountable

    "Now butter with a leafe of Sage is good to Parge the bloud, Fly Venus and Phlebotomy for they are neither good."

  2. 2
    surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis wordnet

Etymology

From Old French flebothomie (French phlébotomie), from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Ancient Greek φλεβοτόμος (phlebotómos, “that opens a vein”), from φλέψ (phléps, “vein”). By surface analysis, phlebo- + -tomy.

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