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venesection Med.|vɛnɪˈsɛkʃən|
Also β. 7–9 venæsection.
[ad. med. or mod.L. vēnæ sectio cutting of a vein: see vena and section.]
1. The operation of cutting or opening a vein; phlebotomy; the practice of this as a medical remedy.
α1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 327 The small-pocks..are cured by..venesection in the adult. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 78 Too much blood spent in venesection. 1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 370 We must first endeavour to stop the flux of blood,..repeating venesection occasionally. 1791J. Townsend Journ. Spain (1792) II. 39 Notwithstanding this repeated venesection, his pulse was remarkably full and strong. 1834J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 67 Leeching has the advantages and disadvantages of venesection, only in a less degree. 1877F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 29 To diminish the quantity of the blood, either by venesection, or by local methods.
β1676Wiseman Surg. Treat. i. iii. 16 The Fever which attends Pain is removed by Venæsection, or by the resolution or suppuration of the Tumour. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Angina, In the external Angina, before any Suppuration appears, recourse is had to repeated Venæsection in the Jugulars. 1754–64Smellie Midwifery I. 153 In a woman of a full habit of body venæsection is necessary. 1805Med. Jrnl. XIV. 307 The wishes of the medical attendant who advises venæsection. 1884Pye Surg. Handicraft 70 This expedient, with the practice of venæsection in general, has been out of fashion for many years now.
2. An instance of this.
1834J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 233 The same scene is renewed..after as many successive venesections. 1845G. E. Day Simon's Anim. Chem. I. 248 The three following tables show the mean results of the first, second, and third venesections. 1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Path. 2 Change in the fibrin after frequent venesections. |