Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Bloodletting from a vein; phlebotomy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
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- noun medicine
Phlebotomy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The nomination of course falls to him, and the doctor being called, declares the necessity of immediate venesection, which is accordingly performed by a surgeon of the association.
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The nomination of course falls to him, and the doctor being called, declares the necessity of immediate venesection, which is accordingly performed by a surgeon of the association.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete Tobias George Smollett 1746
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The nomination of course falls to him, and the doctor being called, declares the necessity of immediate venesection, which is accordingly performed by a surgeon of the association.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 02 Tobias George Smollett 1746
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The employment of means for arresting the flow of blood -- such as venesection, opium, &c.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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These measures did no good but surely did less harm than venesection or a swig of mercury.
Malarial mosquitoes helped defeat British in battle that ended Revolutionary War J.R. McNeill 2010
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To treat malaria, military physicians normally recommended venesection - draining 20 ounces of blood, about 10 percent of an adult's supply - sometimes supplementing that with doses of mercury or opium, and in one case applying freshly killed pigeons to the soles of patients 'feet.
Malarial mosquitoes helped defeat British in battle that ended Revolutionary War J.R. McNeill 2010
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To treat malaria, military physicians normally recommended venesection - draining 20 ounces of blood, about 10 percent of an adult's supply - sometimes supplementing that with doses of mercury or opium, and in one case applying freshly killed pigeons to the soles of patients 'feet.
Malarial mosquitoes helped defeat British in battle that ended Revolutionary War J.R. McNeill 2010
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These measures did no good but surely did less harm than venesection or a swig of mercury.
Malarial mosquitoes helped defeat British in battle that ended Revolutionary War J.R. McNeill 2010
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“In the course of explaining the opinion of the divine Hippocrates and Galen,” he wrote in a letter, “I happened to delineate the veins on a chart, thinking that thus I might be able easily to demonstrate what Hippocrates understood by the expression και ιειυ, for you know how much dissension and controversy on venesection was stirred up, even among the learned.”
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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It was also thought that venesection should be avoided in hot or cold weather and during a full moon, as the body tended to be at a weaker state during this time. 67 Esteyneffer warned his readers that "violent" purges and vomits, as well as copious bleedings, should always be approached with great prudence.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
chained_bear commented on the word venesection
"Rush proposed to reduce this convulsive action by 'depletion,' i.e. venesection—bleeding."
—John M. Barry, The Great Influenza (NY: Penguin Books, 2004), 21
February 11, 2009