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Definition of Phlebectomy
1. Noun. Surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins.
Medical Definition of Phlebectomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlebectomy
Literary usage of Phlebectomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by Cornelius Godfrey Coakley (1922)
"... and phlebectomy for varicose veins of the leg. Tonsil- lectomy may be specially
prone to this accident because the field cannot be aseptic, ..."
2. Treatment of Chronic Leg Ulcers. A Practical Guide to Its Symptomatology by Edward Adams (1914)
"In this way the practice of prophylactic ligation, thrombectomy, and phlebectomy
in septic phlebitis fell into disrepute, and it was only in the ..."
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