Defn: A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins.
PHLEBOTOMIST
Phle*bot"o*mist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. phlébotomiste.] (Med.)
Defn: One who practiced phlebotomy.
PHLEBOTOMIZE
Phle*bot"o*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phlebotomized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Phlebotomizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. phlébotomiser.]
Defn: To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed. [R.] Howell.
PHLEBOTOMY
Phle*bot"o*my, n. Etym: [L. phlebotomia, Gr. phlébotomie. Cf. Fleam.]
(Med.)
Defn: The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood, in the treatment of disease; venesection; bloodletting.
PHLEGETHON
Phleg"e*thon, n. [L., fr. Gr. , prop. p.pr. of to blaze.] (Class
Myth.)
Defn: One of the principal rivers of Hades, in the channel of which fire flowed instead of water.
Fierce Phlegethon,
Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.
Milton.