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.hlebotomists are people trained to draw blood from a patient for clinical or medical testing, transfusions, donations, or research.
Dictionary entry overview: What does electric mean? â¢ ELECTRIC (noun) The noun ELECTRIC has 1 sense: 1. a car that is powered by electricity Familiarity information: ELECTRIC used as a noun is very rare. â¢ ELECTRIC (adjective) The adjective ELECTRIC has 3 senses: 1. using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity 2. (of a situation) exceptionally tense 3. affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling Familiarity information: ELECTRIC used as an adjective is uncommon.
An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air). The word was coined by William Whewell at the request of the scientist Michael Faraday from the Greek words elektron, meaning amber (from which the word electricity is derived), and hodos, a way.