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phleb(o)- comb. form of Gr. phléps, phleb- vein. phlebotomy blood-letting. XIV (fl-). — OF. flebothomie (mod. phlébotomie) — late L. phlebotomia — Gr. phlebotomíā; see -TOMY.
So phlebotomize XVI.

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