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Phlebotomy definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHLEBOT'OMY, n. [Gr. a vein, and to cut.] The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood for the cure of diseases or preserving health.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis [syn: venesection, phlebotomy]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -mies) Etymology: Middle English fleobotomie, from Middle French flebothomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek, from phleb- + -tomia -tomy Date: 14th century the letting of blood for transfusion, diagnosis, or experiment, and especially formerly in the treatment of disease — called also venesection • phlebotomist noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the surgical opening or puncture of a vein. 2 esp. hist. blood-letting as a medical treatment. Derivatives: phlebotomist n. phlebotomize v.tr. (also -ise). Etymology: ME f. OF flebothomi f. LL phlebotomia f. Gk f. phleps phlebos vein + -TOMY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Venesection, blood-letting.

Moby Thesaurus

aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, cupping, drafting, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, leeching, milking, pipetting, pumping, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping, venesection