phlebotomizing
Extracting venous fluid
Phlebotomizing is drawing blood from a vein, typically for medical testing, donation, or therapeutic purposes.
The procedure is performed by a phlebotomist using a needle: The nurse spent the morning phlebotomizing patients in the outpatient clinic.
Historically, phlebotomy was a common medical treatment—bleeding patients to balance bodily humors.
Therapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- leechesBlood-drinking segmented worms
- humorsAccommodates someone's wishes
- barber-surgeonPre-modern medical practitioner
- cuppingSkin suction healing method
lancet · fleam · scarification · Hippocratic · medieval · sanguine · choleric · melancholic
Compression band stopping hemorrhage
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- syringeMedical injection tool
- veinVessel toward heart
- antecubitalRelating to inner elbow
vacutainer · gloves · sterile · antiseptic · bandage · gauge · cannula · specimen
Transfer of blood intravenously
- polycythemiaElevated red cell count
- hemochromatosisHereditary iron storage disease
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- treatmentCare for an ailment
bloodletting
Therapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- leechesBlood-drinking segmented worms
- humorsAccommodates someone's wishes
- barber-surgeonPre-modern medical practitioner
cupping · lancet · fleam · scarification · Hippocratic · medieval · sanguine · choleric · melancholic · phlegmatic
tourniquet
Compression band stopping hemorrhage
antecubital · vacutainer · gloves · sterile · antiseptic · bandage · gauge · cannula · specimen · collection
transfusion
Transfer of blood intravenously
- polycythemiaElevated red cell count
- hemochromatosisHereditary iron storage disease
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
treatment · therapeutic · donor · anticoagulant · iron-overload
phlebotomizinginjecting
Forcing liquid in
transfusing · infusing · introducing · IV infusion · instilling
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