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VENESECTION

Dictionary entry overview: What does venesection mean?

• VENESECTION (noun)
The noun VENESECTION has 1 sense:

1. surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis

Familiarity information: VENESECTION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VENESECTION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

phlebotomy; venesection

Hypernyms ("venesection" is a kind of...):

incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))

bloodletting (formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine))

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