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Preferred term

Phlebotomy  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The techniques used to draw blood from a vein for diagnostic purposes or for treatment of certain blood disorders such as erythrocytosis, hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera, and porphyria cutanea tarda. The puncture of a vein to draw blood for diagnostic analysis or to inject a solution.

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Synonym(s)

  • Venesection

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XZCZQ43Q-V

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