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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary phle·bot·o·my \\fli-ˈbä-tə-mē\\ noun (plural -mies) ETYMOLOGY Middle English fleobotomie, from Middle French flebothomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek, from phleb-+ -tomia -tomy DATE 14th century : 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 English Etymology phlebotomy "bloodletting," c.1400, flebotomye, from O.Fr . flebotomie (13c.), from medical L. phlebotomia, from Gk. phlebotomia "blood-letting," from phlebotomos "opening veins," from phleps (gen.phlebos) "vein" + -tomia "cutting of," from tome "a cutting" (see tome).http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 phlebotomy phle·bot·omy adjective/ flE5bCtEmi; NAmE -5bB:t- / noun [C, U] (pl. -ies) (medical 医) the opening of a vein in order to remove blood or put another liquid in 静脉切开术 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged phle·bot·o·my \flə̇ˈbäd.əmē, flēˈ-, fleˈ-, -ätə-, mi\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English fleobotomie, from Middle French flebotomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, flebotomia, from Greek phlebotomia, from phleb- + -tomia (from temnein to cut) — more at tome : the letting of blood in the treatment of disease : venesection |
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