venesection

American  

[ven-uh-sek-shuhn, vee-nuh-] / ˌvɛn əˈsɛk ʃən, ˌvi nə- /

Or venisection

noun

Surgery.

1. phlebotomy.

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venesection British  

/ ˈvɛnɪˌsɛkʃən /

noun

1. surgical incision into a vein

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Etymology

Origin of venesection

1655–65; < New Latin or Medieval Latin vēnae sectiō cutting of a vein; vein, section

Example Sentences

Regular venesections - collecting blood for diagnosis - mean their iron counts are going down.

From BBC

The British physicians had tried venesection, the medical term for bloodletting, and it had not worked—perhaps, they thought, because they tried it too late in the course of the disease.

From Scientific American

The only treatment for this is venesection, where I have a pint of blood removed every few months.

From BBC

The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; Ð esp. applied to venesection.

From Project Gutenberg

There is but little confidence to-day in the methods by venesection and purgation, upon which at one time reliance was placed.

From Project Gutenberg