🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

정맥절개술

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jeongmaekjeolgaesul

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Phlebotomy/fləˈbɒt.ə.mi/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"혈액 검사를 위해 정맥절개술을 시행했습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The practice of drawing blood from a vein, especially for diagnostic laboratory testing.

    "The diagnostic center required a certified technician skilled in phlebotomy to collect the patient's blood samples."
  2. 2

    The surgical opening or puncture of a vein.

    "Historically, phlebotomy was widely practiced as a primary therapeutic intervention to balance bodily humors."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek words phleps, meaning vein, and tome, meaning cutting or incision. Historically referring to bloodletting as a medical treatment, the term evolved in modern medicine to designate the surgical opening or puncture of a vein to draw blood for analysis or transfusion.

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