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venesections

venesections is the plural of venesection.

Meaning of venesection

Noun

venesection (countable and uncountable, plural venesections)

  1. 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...
    Synonyms:
    venipuncture

Questions about venesections

What is venesections the plural of?
Venesections is the plural of venesection.

Words near venesections in the dictionary

  1. venerous
  2. venery
  3. venesect
  4. venesected
  5. venesection
  6. venesections
  7. venesector
  8. venesectors
  9. venestatin
  10. Veneta
  11. Venetan

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