Example Sentences

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And, as with real-world phlebotomies, the procedure will treat the problem, but it won't cure it.

From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2013

Thus far, Parker has had 50 phlebotomies, needs 37 in the near future to bring iron content close to normal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Barbers held a unique position, but in performing phlebotomies, a minor operation, they retained associations with health and disease.

From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Hughes, Thomas Proctor

The doctors called it "polycythemia", the direct opposite of "anaemia", did 10 phlebotomies taking 5 pints of blood which they said they used for transfusions on ward patients, much to my gratification.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association