phlebotomic (ˌflɛbəˈtɒmɪk) or phlebotomical (ˌphleboˈtomical)
adjective
phlebotomist (phleˈbotomist)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French flebothomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek
Examples of 'phlebotomies' in a sentence
phlebotomies
To avoid monetary incentives they offer free phlebotomies for all patients with hereditary haemochromatosis.
Marko Cukjati, Dragoslav Domanovič 2004, 'RECRUITMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEREDITARY HAEMOCHROMATOSIS AS BLOOD DONORS', Zdravniški Vestnikhttp://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/2428. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No side effects were related to phlebotomies.
Caroline Jézéquel, Fabrice Lainé, Bruno Laviolle, Anita Kiani, Edouard Bardou-Jacquet,Yves Deugnier 2015, 'Both hepatic and body iron stores are increased in dysmetabolic iron overload syndrome.A case-control study.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4451770?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Despite successful depletion of iron stores (ferritinmin: 53 μg/l) through phlebotomies, total hemoglobin mass stabilized at the pretherapy level.
Nina Wrobel, Torben Pottgiesser, Philipp Birkner, Peter Deibert, Christoph Ahlgrim 2016, 'Therapeutic Depletion of Iron Stores Is Not Associated with a Reduced Hemoglobin Massin a Hemochromatosis Patient', Case Reports in Gastroenterologyhttp://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/448133. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Her polycythemia symptoms and hematocrit levels continued to worsen from 2007 to 2011, with an increased frequency of phlebotomies.
Ying Pang, Garima Gupta, Chunzhang Yang, Herui Wang, Thanh-Truc Huynh, Ziedulla Abdullaev,Svetlana D. Pack, Melanie J. Percy, Terence R. J. Lappin, Zhengping Zhuang, KarelPacak 2018, 'A novel splicing site IRP1 somatic mutation in a patient with pheochromocytoma andJAK2 V617F positive polycythemia vera: a case report', BMC Cancerhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4127-x. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nurses performed all phlebotomies; therefore, educational workshops were offered to all nurses twice a week over a 3-month period.
Arif Al-Hamad, Maha Al-Ibrahim, Eman Alhajhouj, Waseelah Al-Alshaikh Jaffer, JaffarAltowaileb, Hassan Alfaraj 2016, 'Nurses' competency in drawing blood cultures and educational intervention to reducethe contamination rate', Journal of Infection and Public Healthhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187603411500132X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Both patients tolerated repeated phlebotomies well.
Ladislav Chrobák 2006, 'Successful Treatment of Iron Overload with Phlebotomies in Two Siblings with CongenitalDyserythropoietic Anemia – Type II (CDA-II)', Acta Medicahttps://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/49/3/0193/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)