Cardiovascular
phlebotomy
fleh-BOT-oh-mee
StatusNew
Definition
Incision into a vein to draw blood
ProcedureCardiovascular
Breakdown
Root
phleb/o
vein
Suffix
-tomy
incision
Etymology
Greek: phleb/o (vein) + -tomy (incision)
Practice
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