[f. ANGIO- + Gr. -τομία cutting: see -TOMY.] (See quot.)
1706. Phillips, Angiotomy, a Cutting open of those Vessels [of the Body]; as in opening of an Artery, or Vein.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Angeiotomy may be divided into phlebotomy and arteriotomy.
1839. Hooper, Med. Dict., Angiotomy, the anatomy of the sanguiferous and absorbent vessels.
