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fleam (flēm)

noun

a sharp lancet formerly used for bloodletting

Etymology: ME fleme < OFr flieme < VL *fleutomum for LL phlebotomus: see phlebotomy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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