ANGIOTOMY

ANGIOT'OMY, noun [Gr. a vessel, and to cut.]The opening of a vessel, whether a vein or an artery, as in bleeding. It includes both arteriotomy and phlebotomy.

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angiotomy. Angiotomy, n. the opening of a blood vessel

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An′gi‐ot″o‐my (�), n. [[Angio- + Gr. � a cutting.]] (Anat.) Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body. Dunglison.