PHLEBOTOMY

phlebotomy. Phlebotomy, n. blood-letting, an opening of a vein

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Phle‐bot″o‐my (?), n. [[L. phlebotomia, Gr. �; �, �, a vein + � to cut: cf. F. phlébotomie. Cf. Fleam.]] (Med.) The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.