PHLEBOTOMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phlebotomy mean? 

• PHLEBOTOMY (noun)
  The noun PHLEBOTOMY has 1 sense:

1. surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis

  Familiarity information: PHLEBOTOMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHLEBOTOMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

phlebotomy; venesection

Hypernyms ("phlebotomy" is a kind of...):

incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))

bloodletting (formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine))

Derivation:

phlebotomize (draw blood)

 Context examples 

A device designed to limit the movement of the hand such as a splint for therapy or a restraint for phlebotomy.

(Hand Immobilizer Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Intravenous nursing practice involves all aspects of infusion therapy, including phlebotomy, intravenous peripheral and central access line placement (PICC), chemotherapy, hyperalimentation, etc.

(Infusion Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)