Definition of Phlebology

1. n. A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins.

Definition of Phlebology

1. Noun. (medicine) The study of veins and their diseases etc ¹

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Definition of Phlebology

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Medical Definition of Phlebology

1. A branch of anatomy which treats of the veins. Origin: Gr. Phlebos = vein. (11 Jun 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlebology

phlebodynamics
phlebogram
phlebograms
phlebograph
phlebographic
phlebographies
phlebography
phleboid
phlebolite
phlebolith
phlebolithiasis
phleboliths
phlebologies
phlebologist
phlebologists
phlebology (current term)
phlebomanometer
phlebometritis
phlebomyomatosis
phlebophlebostomy
phleboplasty
phleborrhagia
phleborrhaphy
phleborrhexis
phlebosclerosis
phlebostasis
phlebostenosis
phlebostrepsis
phlebothrombosis
phlebotomies

Literary usage of Phlebology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"phlebology (fli-bol'o-jt). [Gr. ^i> vein + /.oj-of discourse.] A treatise on the veins ; the anatomy of the veins. ..."

2. The National Standard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Literature, the Sciences (1888)
"A potion supposed by the ancients, and even by the ignorant of the present day, to have the power of exciting love. phlebology, fle-bol'o-ji. ..."

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