瀉しゃ血けつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

bloodletting; phlebotomy

Medical term for drawing blood, historically as a treatment (bloodletting) and in modern contexts for blood collection (phlebotomy). Can be used as a noun or with する.

• 昔むかし、病びょう気きの治ち療りょうとして瀉しゃ血けつが行おこなわれていた。

  In the past, bloodletting was performed as a treatment for illness.

• 検けん査さのために瀉しゃ血けつする。

  Draw blood for a test.