- 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
How beneficent has venesection seemed, though it is now frankly confessed that it has but a narrow usefulness for a very circumscribed set of ills!
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Thus, at one time quinia in very large doses was believed to possess it, at another venesection, and at another cold baths.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Since Erasistratus believed that only the veins carried blood while the arteries contained air, he also feared the possibility of transferring air from the arteries into the veins as a result of venesection.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
Cupping was generally regarded as an auxiliary to venesection.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
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