MEANING
1. The drawing of blood from a vein, usually by venipuncture for testing, donation, or treatment.
2. Historically, opening or puncturing a vein to remove blood as a medical treatment.
Use it for
Name the medical practice of drawing blood from a vein.Use clinical procedure language to create controlled, impersonal tension around blood or medical care.
Words that belong together
- phlebotomy for testing
- phlebotomy room
- perform phlebotomy
- historical phlebotomy
- therapeutic phlebotomy
On the page
Under the hard white lamps, the orderly prepared for phlebotomy without looking up.
The physician ordered phlebotomy under the old doctrine of balancing the humors.
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Usage notes
Modern clinical use usually means drawing blood for testing, donation, or treatment; a separate historical sense names deliberate bloodletting as therapy. Sense 2: This older treatment sense refers to historical medicine, not routine modern diagnostic blood draws.
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