Phlebectomy
/fləˈbɛk.tə.mi/noun
Surgical removal of a vein, or of part of a vein.
Did you know?Its first element comes from Greek phleps/phleb- “vein,” the same ancient root behind words like phlebotomy, which originally meant bloodletting.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Gk
phleps, phleb- (φλέψ, φλεβ-)
“vein”
Late Greek
Gk
-ektomē (ἐκτομή)
“a cutting out, excision”
Modern Scientific Latin
Latin
phlebectomia
“surgical excision of a vein”
19th Century
English
phlebectomy
“surgical removal of a vein”
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