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Descriptor English:   Phlebotomy 
Descriptor Spanish:   Flebotomía 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Flebotomia 
Synonyms English:   Venesection
Venipuncture  
Tree Number:   E01.370.225.998.110.625
E02.800.558
E04.665.150.625
E05.200.998.110.625
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   for hist articles & hist contexts use BLOODLETTING
See Related English:   Bloodletting
Infusions, Intravenous
Injections, Intravenous
Leeching
 
History Note English:   1996; use BLOODLETTING 1987-1995; VENESECTION use BLOODLETTING 1987-1995; VENIPUNCTURE use BLOODLETTING 1989-1995 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   32650 
Unique Identifier:   D018962 

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