Hypertext Webster Gateway: "venesection"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Venesection \Ve`ne*sec"tion\, n. [NL. venaesectio; L. vena vein
+ sectio section.] (Med.)
The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood;
bloodletting; phlebotomy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
venesection
n : surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
[syn: {phlebotomy}]
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