venesection

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Cutting open or exposing a vein; a phlebotomy.

Similar words

phlebotomy venotomy venectomy phlebectomy endophlebectomy varicectomy thromboendovenectomy venorrhaphy endovenectomy varicotomy

Often followed by

is and in was may or should to has

Word family

venesections