# phlebotomy

> English word · Noun · IPA /flɪˈbɒtəmi/ · frequency rank #99,700

## Definitions
1. The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.

## Etymology
From Old French flebothomie (French phlébotomie), from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Ancient Greek φλεβοτόμος (phlebotómos, “that opens a vein”), from φλέψ (phléps, “vein”). By surface analysis, phlebo- + -tomy.

## Source
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