Venesection

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis wordnet

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"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."

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