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- phlebotomy (n.)



[phlebotomy 词源字典] - "bloodletting," c. 1400, flebotomye, from Old French flebotomie (13c., Modern French phlébotomie), from medical Latin phlebotomia, from Greek phlebotomia "blood-letting," from phlebotomos "opening veins," from phleps (genitive phlebos) "vein" + -tomia "cutting of," from tome "a cutting" (see tome).[phlebotomy etymology, phlebotomy origin, 英语词源]