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phlebotomy

UK/flɪˈbɒtəmi/US/flɪˈbɑtəmi/

phlebotomy noun: the opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.

Noun

phlebotomy (countable and uncountable, plural phlebotomies)

  1. The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
    • Now butter with a leafe of Sage is good to Parge the bloud, Fly Venus and Phlebotomy for they are neither good.1607 (first performance), [Francis Beaumont], The Knight of the Burning Pestle, London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Walter Burre, […], published 1613, →OCLC, Act IV, signature I3, verso
    • Phlebotomy is promiscuously used before and after physick, commonly before and upon occasion is often reiterated, if there be any need at least of it.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

phlebotomy meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Punjabi and Tagalog

phlebotomy in Tamil

நீக்கம், சிரைத் திறப்பு, சிரைத்திறப்பு

phlebotomy in Urdu

فسد

phlebotomy in Punjabi

the opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection
ਪੱਛ paccha

phlebotomy in Tagalog

the opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection
pagtatabad

Examples of phlebotomy in a sentence

  • He had even taken from his pocket a cupping apparatus, and was about to proceed to phlebotomy, when the object of his anxious solicitude suddenly revived […].1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […]...
  • "Time was, my dear colleague, when a snuff-box was as much part of my equipment as my phlebotomy case."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)...

Synonyms of phlebotomy

Forms of phlebotomy

pluralphlebotomies

Origin of phlebotomy

From Old French flebothomie (French phlébotomie), from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Ancient Greek φλεβοτόμος (phlebotómos, “that opens a vein”), from φλέψ (phléps, “vein”). By surface analysis, phlebo- + -tomy.

Words formed from phlebotomy

Words that rhyme with phlebotomy

Questions about phlebotomy

What does phlebotomy mean?
Phlebotomy means the opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
What is phlebotomy in Tamil?
Phlebotomy in Tamil is நீக்கம், சிரைத் திறப்பு, சிரைத்திறப்பு. See Phlebotomy meaning in Tamil.
How do you use phlebotomy in a sentence?
He had even taken from his pocket a cupping apparatus, and was about to proceed to phlebotomy, when the object of his anxious solicitude suddenly revived […].
What part of speech is phlebotomy?
Phlebotomy is a noun.
How do you pronounce phlebotomy?
Phlebotomy is pronounced /flɪˈbɒtəmi/ (UK).
What is the plural of phlebotomy?
The plural of phlebotomy is phlebotomies.

Words near phlebotomy in the dictionary

  1. phlebotomized
  2. phlebotomizes
  3. phlebotomizing
  4. phlebotomus
  5. phlebotomus fever
  6. phlebotomy
  7. phlebotonic
  8. phlebotonics
  9. phlebotoxic
  10. phleboviral
  11. phlebovirus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phlebotomy (page history and authors); phlebotomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); phlebotomy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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