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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesflebotomía
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fle.βo.toˈmi.a
"El técnico realizó una flebotomía para extraer la muestra de sangre."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 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
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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10 Global Lexicons: How "Phlebotomy" is said worldwide
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phlébotomie
Transliteration: fle.bɔ.tɔ.mi
"La phlébotomie est une procédure médicale courante pour les analyses de sang."
Phlebotomie
Transliteration: fle.bo.toˈmiː
"Die Phlebotomie wird zur Entnahme von Blutproben durchgeführt."
flebotomia
Transliteration: fle.bo.toˈmi.a
"La flebotomia è necessaria per eseguire gli esami del sangue."
flebotomía
Transliteration: fle.βo.toˈmi.a
"El técnico realizó una flebotomía para extraer la muestra de sangre."
flebotomia
Transliteration: fle.bo.toˈmi.ɐ
"A flebotomia é um procedimento essencial nos exames laboratoriais."
शिरावेधन
Transliteration: shirāvedhan
"रक्त परीक्षण के लिए शिरावेधन एक आवश्यक प्रक्रिया है।"
静脉切开术
Transliteration: jìngmài qiēkāishù
"静脉切开术是采集血液样本的常规医疗程序。"
정맥절개술
Transliteration: jeongmaekjeolgaesul
"혈액 검사를 위해 정맥절개술을 시행했습니다."
静脈切開
Transliteration: jōmyaku sekkai
"静脈切開は血液検査のための重要な手技です。"
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