venesection
venesection noun: cutting open or exposing a vein; a phlebotomy.
Noun
venesection (countable and uncountable, plural venesections)
- Cutting open or exposing a vein; a phlebotomy.
- She had paſſed through the milder Remedies frequently without ſucceſs: upon which account I deſigned Mercurialls; and beginning with Venæſection, afterwards purged her with decoct. epithymi, as it is preſcribed in the method of Cure.1676, Richard Wiseman, “Of Lepra, or Elephantiasis”, in Several Chirurgicall Treatises, London: Printed by E. Flesher and J[ohn] Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took […], →OCLC, 1st...
- His teachings on plethora and venesection remained influential until the nineteenth century.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 74
- Synonyms:
- venipuncture
venesection meaning in Tamil
venesection in Tamil
- சிரைக் குறுக்கு வெட்டு
Synonyms of venesection
Forms of venesection
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Questions about venesection
- What does venesection mean?
- Venesection means cutting open or exposing a vein; a phlebotomy.
- What is venesection in Tamil?
- Venesection in Tamil is சிரைக் குறுக்கு வெட்டு. See Venesection meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is venesection?
- Venesection is a noun.
- What is the plural of venesection?
- The plural of venesection is venesections.
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