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Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Specimen Handling > Blood Specimen Collection > Phlebotomy
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Specimen Handling > Blood Specimen Collection > Phlebotomy
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Punctures > Blood Specimen Collection > Phlebotomy
Therapeutics > Punctures > Blood Specimen Collection > Phlebotomy

Preferred term

Phlebotomy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Venesection
  • Venesections

Note

  • for historical articles & historical contexts use BLOODLETTING

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 1996; use BLOODLETTING 1987-1995; VENESECTION use BLOODLETTING 1987-1995; VENIPUNCTURE use BLOODLETTING 1989-1995

In other languages

  • flebotomia

    Finnish

  • laskimon aukaisu
  • laskimon avaus
  • phlebotomia
  • Flebotomi

    Swedish

  • Venesektion
  • Venpunktion
  • Venpunktur

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018962

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