Phlebotomy
//flɪˈbɒtəmi// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis wordnet
Example
More examples"Now butter with a leafe of Sage is good to Parge the bloud, Fly Venus and Phlebotomy for they are neither good."
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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