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PHLEBOTOMY

\flɛbˈɒtəmɪ], \flɛbˈɒtəmɪ], \f_l_ɛ_b_ˈɒ_t_ə_m_ɪ]\

Definitions of PHLEBOTOMY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The act or practice of opening a vein to let blood.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Act of letting blood.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

see Blood-letting.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Venesection for letting blood.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The action or practice of cutting open a vein in order that the blood may flow. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Greek] Act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood; blood-letting.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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