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Meaning of PHLEBOTOMY

Pronunciation:  flu'bâtumee

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 Definition: The removal of blood from a vein for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
 
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 Related Terms: aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, cupping, drafting, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, leeching, milking, pipetting, pumping, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping, venesection
 

 

 

 

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