Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AN-GI-OT'O-MY
AN-GI-OT'O-MY, n. [Gr. αγγειον, a vessel; and τομη, a cutting.]
The opening of a vessel, whether a vein or an artery, as in bleeding. It includes both arteriotomy and phlebotomy.
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