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Cardiovascular

phlebotomy

fleh-BOT-oh-mee

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Definition

Incision into a vein to draw blood

ProcedureCardiovascular

Breakdown

Root

phleb/o

vein

Suffix

-tomy

incision

Etymology

Greek: phleb/o (vein) + -tomy (incision)

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