word meaning pertaining to blood
Phlebotomy (from the Greek words phlebo- , meaning pertaining to a blood vessel, and-tomy, meaning to make an incision) is the process of making an incision in a vein with a needle.
Purpose. The use of refined microscopic urinalysis for the presence of dysmorphic red blood cells (RBCs) has been evaluated in children and adults with a known source of hematuria. We examined the clinical usefulness of this study in a pediatric population with an unknown source of hematuria.