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venesection::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | phlebotomy |
| Type of | bloodletting, incision, section, surgical incision |
| Derivation | venesect |
Examples of venesection
venesection
A nurse had to talk me through that first venesection as I gurned and contorted.
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In 1538 he also published a letter on venesection, or bloodletting.
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Third, the Endura ritual involved fasting, not venesection.
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When I returned to the unit for the next venesection I was back in one of the bays, back on one of the beds.
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The treatment requires the regular siphoning off of blood from the veins through a process called venesection.
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Depending on the underlying cause, venesection may also be used on a regular basis to reduce the red blood cell count.
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He concluded that at best, ligature and local venesection might slow time to death after a significant envenomation.
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He sought to locate the precise site for venesection in pleurisy within the framework of the classical method.
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At first reluctantly, but then with increasing vigour, Galen promoted Hippocratic teaching, including venesection and bloodletting, then unknown in Rome.
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With this novel approach to the problem of venesection, Vesalius posed the then striking hypothesis that anatomical dissection might be used to test speculation.
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- Surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
- In medicine, venepuncture,venopuncture or venipuncture is the process of obtaining intravenous access for the purpose of intravenous therapy or obtaining a sample of venous blood. ...
- Phlebotomy
- The removal of 450mls of blood from your arm as a treatment for too many red blood cells. The method is the same as that of giving blood
- Therapeutic bleeding. (L. vena, vein + sectio, a cuttng).
- (Bleeding Venesection) - bleeding
- The drawing of blood through cutting or suction
