phlebotomy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
phlebotomy
    n 1: surgical incision into a vein; used to treat
         hemochromatosis [syn: {venesection}, {phlebotomy}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Phlebotomy \Phle*bot"o*my\, n. [L. phlebotomia, Gr. flebotomi`a;
   fle`ps, flebo`s, a vein + te`mnein to cut: cf. F.
   phl['e]botomie. Cf. {Fleam}.] (Med.)
   The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in
   the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "phlebotomy":
      aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, cupping, drafting,
      drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, leeching, milking,
      pipetting, pumping, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping,
      venesection
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