phlebotome

[fleb-uh-tohm]

noun

1. a cutting instrument used for phlebotomy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of phlebotome¹

phlebo- + -tome

Example Sentences

In Latin, “phlebotome” becomes “flebotome,” and in an Anglo-Saxon manuscript dating from A.D.

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Venesection, one of the most frequently mentioned procedures in ancient medicine, and related procedures such as lancing abcesses, puncturing cavities containing fluids, and dissecting tissues, were all accomplished in the classical period and later with an instrument called the phlebotome.

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