different between phlebotomy vs hematologist

English

Etymology

From Old French flebothomie (French phlébotomie), from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (phlebotómos, “that opens a vein”), from ???? (phléps, “vein”). Synchronically (by surface analysis), phlebo- +? -tomy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl??b?t?mi/

Noun

phlebotomy (countable and uncountable, plural phlebotomies)

1. The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     He had even taken from his pocket a cupping apparatus, and was about to proceed to phlebotomy, when the object of his anxious solicitude suddenly revived […].

   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 2:

     Of course, members of the family were foremost in spilling loyal blood on Marston Moor, that great field of plebotomy to so may Cavaliers.

Synonyms

• venesection
• venipuncture

Derived terms

• phlebotomist

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Further reading

• phlebotomy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• phlebotomy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• phlebotomy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• phlebotomy at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• haematologist

Etymology

hematology +? -ist

Noun

hematologist (plural hematologists)

1. A scientist, usually a medical doctor, who specializes in hematology.

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