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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Angio-

+ Gr. [GREEK] a cutting.]

(Anat.)

Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body.

Dunglison.

Noun.

[Gr. a vessel, and to cut.]

The opening of a vessel, whether a vein or an artery, as in bleeding. It includes both arteriotomy and phlebotomy.