Venesect (Verb)
Meaning
Practice venesection.
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- The surgeon performed venesection to alleviate the patient's elevated blood pressure.
- To treat the condition, doctors used venesection as an early method of lowering iron levels in the blood.
- Venesection involved opening a vein to release 'bad blood' which was believed to cure various ailments in medieval times.
- Practitioners of the procedure believed that by performing venesection, they could draw out the excess or diseased blood from a patient.
- The old physician decided to practice venesection on the patient, despite the risks and potential complications involved.