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PHLEBOTOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("phlebotomy" is a kind of...):
incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))
bloodletting (formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine))
Derivation:
phlebotomize (draw blood)
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