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Venesection definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VENESEC'TION, n. [L. vena, vein, and sectio, a cutting.]
The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; blood-letting; phlebotomy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin venae section-, venae sectio, literally, cutting of a vein Date: 1661 phlebotomy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also venisection) phlebotomy. Etymology: med.L venae sectio cutting of a vein (as VEIN, SECTION)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Bleeding, phlebotomy, blood-letting.