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1. (n.) phlebotomy
the act or practice of opening a vein to let or draw blood as a therapeutic or diagnostic measure.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME fleobotomie (< MF flebotomie) < ML fleobotomia, phlebotomia, LL < Gk phlebotomía; see phlebo -, -tomy)
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1. (noun) venesection, phlebotomy
surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
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1. (noun) Phlebotomy
the act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting
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1. Phlebotomy
The techniques used to draw blood from a vein for diagnostic purposes or for treatment of certain blood disorders such as erythrocytosis, hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera, and porphyria cutanea tarda.
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