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fleam
(flēm),USA pronunciation n.
- Surgerya kind of lancet, as for opening veins.
- the beveled leading edge of a sawtooth.
- Greek phlebotómon; see phlebo-, tome
- Middle French flieme
Late Latin phlebotomus, - late Middle English fleme, fleom 1375–1425