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51Giovanni Battista Morgagni — Giovanni Battista Morgagni † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Giovanni Battista Morgagni Called by Virchow, the Father of Modern Pathology , a distinguished Italian physician and investigator in medicine; b. at Forlì, 25 February, 1682; d.… …
52phlebotomy — noun /flɪˈbɒtəmi/ The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection. Phlebotomy is promiscuously used before and after physick, commonly before and upon occasion is often reiterated, if there be any need at least… …
53VS — Abbreviation for volumetric solution. * * * vaccination scar; vaccine serotype; vagal stimulation; vascular surgeon; vaso spasm; venesection; ventricular septum; verapamil shock; verification/recording system; vesicular stomatitis; veterinary… …
54VESALIUS, Andreas — (1514 1564) Andreas Vesalius is known to posterity as the founder of modern anatomy. He emphasized dissection of cadavers to acquire anatomical and surgical knowledge rather than relying on established authorities, especially Galen. Born in… …
Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
55venisection — var of VENESECTION * * * veni·sec·tion (ven″ĭ sekґshən) phlebotomy …
56aspiration — Synonyms and related words: Aqua Lung, aim, allophone, alveolar, ambition, ambitiousness, animus, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulation, artificial respiration, assimilation, assumption, assurance, assured faith, asthmatic wheeze, basis,… …
57bloodletting — Synonyms and related words: aspiration, bane, bleeding, blood, bloodshed, braining, broaching, cupping, dealing death, destruction, destruction of life, dispatch, drafting, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, euthanasia, execution,… …
58cupping — Synonyms and related words: aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, drafting, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, leeching, milking, phlebotomy, pipetting, pumping, siphoning, sucking, suction, tapping, venesection …
59drafting — Synonyms and related words: aspiration, black and white, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, call, call up, charcoal, compulsory military service, conscription, cupping, delineation, draft, draft call, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying,… …
60drainage — Synonyms and related words: air drying, anhydration, aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, cleaning out, clearance, clearing, cupping, defecation, defluxion, dehumidification, dehydration, depletion, desiccation, discharge, discharging… …
