phle·bot·o·my (fl -b t  -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. [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.]phleb  o·tomic (fl b-tmk), phlebo·tomi·cal (--kl) adj. |
| phlebotomy (fl-bt-m) The act or practice of opening a vein by incision or puncture to remove blood. |
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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| Noun | 1. | phlebotomy - surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis 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) |
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