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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'phlebotomy' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions phlebotomy noun (phlebotomies) The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection. 1819: He had even taken from his pocket a cupping apparatus, and was about to proceed to , when the object of his anxious solicitude suddenly revived " Walter Scott, Ivanhoe Etymology: From Old French flebothomi (modern phlébotomie), from late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek ' "that opens a vein", from ' "vein".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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