Hypertext Webster Gateway: "phlebotomy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phlebotomy \Phle*bot"o*my\, n. [L. phlebotomia, Gr. ?; ?, ?, a
vein + ? to cut: cf. F. phl['e]botomie. Cf. {Fleam}.] (Med.)
The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in
the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
phlebotomy
n : surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
[syn: {venesection}]
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