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phlebotomy |
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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
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
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| He had even taken from his pocket a cupping apparatus, and was about to proceed to phlebotomy, when the object of his anxious solicitude suddenly revived; but it was to dash his cap from his head, and to throw dust on his grey hairs. It's no use plying him with wide words like Expenditure: I wouldn't talk of phlebotomy, I would empty a pot of leeches upon him. |
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