FLEAM


Meaning of FLEAM in English

/fleem/ , n.

1. Surg. a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.

2. the beveled leading edge of a sawtooth.

[ 1375-1425; late ME fleme, fleom flieme phlebotomus, phlebotómon; see PHLEBO-, TOME ]

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