flə̇ˈbäd.əmē, flēˈ-, fleˈ-, -ätə-, mi noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English fleobotomie, from Middle French flebotomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, flebotomia, from Greek phlebotomia, from phleb- + -tomia (from temnein to cut) — more at tome
: the letting of blood in the treatment of disease : venesection