Taber's Medical Dictionary
phlebotomy
(flĕ-bot′ŏ-mē )
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The puncturing of a vein or the surgical opening of a vein to withdraw blood.
SYN: SEE: blood draw
BLOOD DRAWING FROM THE ANTECUBITAL VEIN
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Phlebotomy." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744084/all/phlebotomy.
Phlebotomy. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744084/all/phlebotomy. Accessed April 20, 2026.
Phlebotomy. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744084/all/phlebotomy
Phlebotomy [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 20]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/744084/all/phlebotomy.
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