| phleboplasty | Repair of a vein. Origin: phlebo-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
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| phleborrhagia | An obsolete term for venous haemorrhage. Origin: phlebo-+ G. Rhegnymi, to burst forth (05 Mar 2000) |
| phleborrhaphy | Suture of a vein. Origin: phlebo-+ G. Rhaphe, seam (05 Mar 2000) |
| phleborrhexis | An obsolete term for rupture of a vein. Origin: phlebo-+ G. Rhexis, rupture (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlebosclerosis | Fibrous hardening of the walls of the veins. Synonym: venofibrosis, venosclerosis. Origin: phlebo-+ G. Sklerosis, hardening (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlebostasis | 1. Abnormally slow motion of blood in veins, usually with venous distention. 2. Treatment of congestive heart failure by compressing proximal veins of the extremities with tourniquets. Synonym: bloodless phlebotomy. Synonym: venostasis. Origin: phlebo-+ G. Stasis, a standing still (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlebostenosis | Narrowing of the lumen of a vein from any cause. Origin: phlebo-+ G. Stenosis, a narrowing (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlebostrepsis | An obsolete term for twisting the cut or torn end of a vein to arrest haemorrhage. Origin: phlebo-+ G. Strepsis, a twisting (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlebothrombosis | Thrombosis, or clotting, in a vein without primary inflammation. Origin: phlebo-+ thrombosis (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlebotomine | Relating to sand flies of the genus Phlebotomus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlebotomise | To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed. Origin: Gr. Phlebos = vein. (11 Jun 1998) |
| phlebotomist | <medicine> One who practiced phlebotomy. Origin: Gr. Phlebos = vein. (11 Jun 1998) |
| phlebotomus | A genus of psychodidae which functions as the vector of a number of pathogenic organisms, including leishmania donovani, leishmania tropica, bartonella bacilliformis, and the pappataci fever virus (sandfly fever group viruses). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Phlebotomus argentipes | The vector of kala azar in India. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Phlebotomus chinensis | The vector of kala azar in China. (05 Mar 2000) |