(n) :
the opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection
"1819: He had even taken from his pocket a cupping apparatus, and was about to proceed to phlebotomy, when the object of his anxious solicitude suddenly revived -- Walter Scott, Ivanhoe"
(n) :
the opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection
"1819: He had even taken from his pocket a cupping apparatus, and was about to proceed to phlebotomy, when the object of his anxious solicitude suddenly revived -- Walter Scott, Ivanhoe"