phlebotomy

Definizione monolingua

phlebotomy

phlebotomy (plural phlebotomies)

1. The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.ii:

     Phlebotomy is promiscuously used before and after physick, commonly before and upon occasion is often reiterated, if there be any need at least of it.

   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     He had even taken from his pocket a cupping apparatus, and was about to proceed to phlebotomy, when the object of his anxious solicitude suddenly revived [...].

Definizione dizionario phlebotomy

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Altri significati:

The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.