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phlebotomy

fli-ˈbä-tə-mē 4 syllables very rare

  1. noun.the drawing of blood (as by venipuncture) for transfusion, apheresis, diagnostic testing, or experimental procedures —called also venesection

    • a company that provides mobile phlebotomy
    • While scientists struggle to understand the molecular subtleties of hemochromatosis, the clinical treatment of the disorder remains remarkably primitive: serial phlebotomy. That is, weekly bloodletting.

Origin

Middle English fleobotomie, from Middle French flebothomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek, from phleb- + -tomia -tomy.

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