phlebotomy
Etymology
From Old French flebothomie (French phlébotomie), from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Ancient Greek φλεβοτόμος (phlebotómos, “that opens a vein”), from φλέψ (phléps, “vein”). Synchronically (by surface analysis), phlebo- + -tomy.
noun
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The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.
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