PHLEBOTOMY


Meaning of PHLEBOTOMY in English

[phle.bot.o.my] n, pl -mies [ME fleobotomie, fr. MF flebotomie, fr. LL phlebotomia, fr. Gk, fr. phleb- + -tomia -tomy] (14c): the letting of blood for transfusion, diagnosis, or experiment, and esp. formerly in the treatment of disease--called also venesection -- phle.bot.o.mist n

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