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venesection

venesection

9.9
A cut into a vein to take blood for treatment
  • noun
  • /ˌvɛnəˈsɛkʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : venopunción
  • During the treatment, the nurse explained that venesection could help reduce high blood pressure.

Examples

  • The doctor performed a venesection to collect blood for a transfusion.

  • Extraction through cupping, plus venesection, ensures an adequate supply that is given to a surrogate after boiling with onager milk.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Have we not studied seventeen volumes on venesection by that occasional doctor of Padua, Horatius Augenius?

    Fiction book (1991)

  • After the venesection, the patient felt much better as the toxins were removed from her body.

Synonyms

bloodletting
vsvenesection
  • Archaic
3 9.5

A medical treatment that removes some blood from a person to try to cure or prevent illness

is a surgical medical procedure rather than a broad historical withdrawal practice
phlebotomy
vsvenesection
  • Specialized
1 8.5

Cutting a vein to take blood for treatment or tests

focuses only on therapeutic removal rather than diagnostic blood draws
venipuncture
vsvenesection
  • Specialized
8.6

To put a needle into a vein to take blood or give medicine

uses a surgical cut instead of a simple needle puncture
venepuncture
vsvenesection
  • UK
7.7

Putting a needle into a vein to take blood or give medicine

uses a surgical incision rather than piercing with a needle

How Invasive

operation
273 3.7
incision
  • Specialized
87 5.3
venesection
  • Specialized
9.9
puncture
48 3.8
prick
7 5.0

Surface Forms

venesection singular
venesections plural

Morphology

venesection = vein + section (semi-transparent) = vene + section

The meaning 'cutting of a vein' is derivable from 'vein' + 'section', but the combining form 'vene-' and the common sense of 'section' as 'part' (rather than 'cutting') may confuse learners.

Etymology

Venesection comes from Latin parts vena 'vein' and sectio 'cutting', and you can see the same 'sect' in the English word section. So, it literally means 'cutting a vein', which is why it names the medical treatment of opening a vein to remove blood.