venesection

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venesection

noun venesections

countable, uncountable Cutting open or exposing a vein; a phlebotomy. She had paſſed through the milder Remedies frequently without ſucceſs: upon which account I deſigned Mercurialls; and beginning with Venæſection, afterwards purged her with decoct. epithymi, as it is preſcribed in the method of Cure.
Similar: venipuncture

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@misc{venesection_2026,
  title = {venesection},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/venesection},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}