phlebotomy
phle·bot·o·my
noun \fli-ˈbä-tə-mē\ plural phle·bot·o·mies
Definition of PHLEBOTOMY
: the letting of blood for transfusion, diagnosis, or experiment, and especially formerly in the treatment of disease —called also venesection
— phle·bot·o·mist \-mist\ noun
See Origin of PHLEBOTOMY
Middle English fleobotomie, from Middle French flebothomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek, from phleb- + -tomia -tomy
First Known Use: 14th century
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