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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

phlebotomia

, Gr.

φλεβοτομία

;

φλέψ

φλεβός

, a vein +

τέμνειν

to cut: cf. F.

phlébotomie

. Cf.

(Med.)

The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.

Noun.

[Gr. a vein, and to cut.] The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood for the cure of diseases or preserving health.