Venesection
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Cutting open or exposing a vein; a phlebotomy. countable, uncountable
"She had paſſed through the milder Remedies frequently without ſucceſs: upon which account I deſigned Mercurialls; and beginning with Venæſection, afterwards purged her with decoct. epithymi, as it is preſcribed in the method of Cure."
- 2 surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis wordnet
Example
More examples"She had paſſed through the milder Remedies frequently without ſucceſs: upon which account I deſigned Mercurialls; and beginning with Venæſection, afterwards purged her with decoct. epithymi, as it is preſcribed in the method of Cure."