1) Bloodletting 2) Incision 3) Phlebotomy 4) Section 5) Surgical incision 6) Surgical incision into a vein 7) Used to treat hemochromatosis 
The ancient practice of bleeding, which required a surgical incision in the patient to release what physician's believed was contaminated blood.
• (n.) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy.
(ven″ә-sek´shәn) phlebotomy.
Bleeding (used as a treatment) see phlebotomy
Ve`ne·sec'tion noun [ New Latin venaesectio ; Latin vena vein + sectio section.] (Medicine) The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; bloodletting; phlebotomy. 
A surgical incision into a vein.
Type: Term Pronunciation: ven′ĕ-sek′shŭn Synonyms: phlebotomy
bleeding
[n] - surgical incision into a vein
phlebotomy noun surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis