phlebotome

[ fleb-uh-tohm ]

/ ˈflɛb əˌtoʊm /

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noun

a cutting instrument used for phlebotomy.

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Origin of phlebotome

phlebo- + -tome

Words nearby phlebotome

phlebography, phleboid, phlebology, phlebosclerosis, phlebothrombosis, phlebotome, phlebotomic, phlebotomist, phlebotomize, phlebotomus fever, phlebotomy

How to use phlebotome in a sentence

The phlebotome is by far the best preserved and best authenticated example which we possess of this instrument.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times|John Stewart Milne
The identity in shape of the abscess knife and the phlebotome holds good to-day.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times|John Stewart Milne
There is, however, an instrument of bronze of phlebotome shape in the Naples Museum.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times|John Stewart Milne
A consideration of all the various operations to which the phlebotome was put bears this out.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times|John Stewart Milne

The passage quoted from Hippocrates shows that the ordinary phlebotome was not guarded in this way.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times|John Stewart Milne