Phlebotomy Definition
flĭ-bŏtə-mē
phlebotomies
noun
phlebotomies
The act or practice of bloodletting as a therapeutic measure.
Webster's New World
The act or practice of drawing blood from a vein for use in a transfusion, diagnosis, etc.
Webster's New World
The removal of blood from a vein with a cutting instrument, formerly done to reduce blood volume as a treatment of disease.
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Noun
Singular:
phlebotomy
Plural:
phlebotomiesOrigin of Phlebotomy
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Middle English flebotomie from Old French flebothomie from Late Latin phlebotomia from Greek phlebotomiā from phlebotomos opening a vein phlebo- phlebo- -tomos cutting –tome
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French flebothomie (French phlébotomie), from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Ancient Greek φλεβοτόμος (phlebotomos, “that opens a vein"), from φλέψ (phleps, “vein").
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