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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

arteriotomia

, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] + [GREEK] a cutting.]

(Med.)

The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting.

That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.

Noun.

[Gr. an artery, and a cutting.]

The opening of an artery by the lancet, for the purpose of letting blood.

arteriotomy ‎(plural arteriotomies)

the opening of an artery