Phlebotomy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phlebotomy \Phle*bot"o*my\, n. [L. phlebotomia, Gr. flebotomi`a;
     fle`ps, flebo`s, a vein + te`mnein to cut: cf. F.
     phl['e]botomie. Cf. {Fleam}.] (Med.)
     The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in
     the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  phlebotomy
       n : surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
           [syn: {venesection}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "phlebotomy":
     aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, cupping, drafting,
     drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, leeching, milking,
     pipetting, pumping, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping,
     venesection