venesection

Or ven·i·sec·tion

[ven-uh-sek-shuhn, vee-nuh-]

noun

Surgery.

1. phlebotomy.

venesection

/ ˈvɛnɪˌsɛkʃən /

noun

1. surgical incision into a vein

Word History and Origins

Origin of venesection¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of venesection¹

C17: from New Latin vēnae sectiō; see _vein , _section

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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