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Etymology
From Old French flebothomi (modern phlébotomie), from late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek �λεβο��μο� �that opens a vein�, from �λέ�� �vein�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/flɪ�b�t�mi/

Noun
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1. 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 phlebotomy, when the object of his anxious solicitude suddenly revived � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

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