phlebotomy (redirected from phlebotomized)

phle·bot·o·my  (fl-bt-m)

n. pl. phle·bot·o·mies

The act or practice of opening a vein by incision or puncture to remove blood as a therapeutic treatment. Also called venesection.

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[Middle English flebotomie, from Old French flebothomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek phlebotomi, from phlebotomos, opening a vein : phlebo-, phlebo- + -tomos, cutting; see -tome.]

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phlebo·tomic (flb-tmk), phlebo·tomi·cal (--kl) adj.

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phlebotomy [flɪˈbɒtəmɪ]

n pl -mies

(Medicine / Surgery) surgical incision into a vein Also called venesection

[from Old French flebothomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek]

phlebotomic  [ˌflɛbəˈtɒmɪk], phlebotomical adj

phlebotomist  n

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phlebotomy  (fl-bt-m)

The act or practice of opening a vein by incision or puncture to remove blood.

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phlebotomy

a medical treatment involving incision of a vein; bloodletting. Also called venesection. — phlebotomist, n. — phlebotomize, v. — phlebotomic, phlebotomical, adj.

See also: Blood and Blood Vessels

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

phlebotomy - surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis venesection surgical incision, incision, section - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) bloodletting - formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

Translations

phlebotomy [flɪˈbɒtəmɪ] N → flebotomía f