venesection
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
venesection /ˌvɛnɪˈsɛkʃ(ə)n, ˈvɛnɪ-/
▶noun another term for phlebotomy.
– origin C17: from med. L. venae sectio(n-) ‘cutting of a vein’.
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