PHLEBOTOMY


Meaning of PHLEBOTOMY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fli-ˈbä-tə-mē ]

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

• phle·bot·o·mist -mist noun

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