- a variation of venisection.
venesection
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of venesection
1655–65; < New Latin or Medieval Latin vēnae sectiō cutting of a vein; see vein, section
Example Sentences
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These measures did no good but surely did less harm than venesection or a swig of mercury.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2010
This fact was early established by American physicians who observed the disease, and the opportunities for doing so were not wanting, since venesection was used by every one who treated it.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Cupping was generally regarded as an auxiliary to venesection.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
The only advantage of the spring lancet was that it could be used by those who were ignorant of anatomy and the art of venesection.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
In more than two hundred patients, male and female, who were let blood by venesection, there were only six, whose blood could be termed sizy.
From Observations on Insanity With Practical Remarks on the Disease and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John
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