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phlebotomy
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PHLEBOTOMY
n.[Gr. a vein, and to cut. ] The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood for the cure of diseases or preserving health.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PHLEBOTOMY
Phle *bot "o *my, n. Etym: [L. phlebotomia, Gr. phlébotomie. Cf. Fleam. ](Med. )
Defn: The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
New American Oxford Dictionary
phlebotomy
phle bot o my |fləˈbätəmē fləˈbɑdəmi | ▶noun ( pl. phlebotomies ) the surgical opening or puncture of a vein in order to withdraw blood or introduce a fluid, or (historically ) as part of the procedure of letting blood. DERIVATIVES phle bot o mist noun, phle bot o mize |-ˈbätəˌmīz |verb ( archaic )ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek, from phleps, phleb- ‘vein ’ + -tomia ‘cutting. ’
Oxford Dictionary
phlebotomy
phlebotomy |flɪˈbɒtəmi | ▶noun ( pl. phlebotomies ) [ mass noun ] the surgical opening or puncture of a vein in order to withdraw blood, to introduce a fluid, or (historically ) when letting blood. DERIVATIVES phlebotomist noun, phlebotomize (also phlebotomise ) verb ( archaic )ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin phlebotomia from Greek, from phleps, phleb- ‘vein ’ + -tomia ‘cutting ’.
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