Fleam is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 72 anagrams from letters in fleam (aeflm).
1375-1425; late Middle English fleme, fleom Middle French flieme ≪ Late Latin phlebotomus, Greek phlebotómon; see phlebo-, tome
But, vein or artery, it signified little; no living blood gushed out; only a little watery moisture followed the cut of the fleam.
He fumbled in his pockets as he spoke, and, as chance would it, the “fleam” (or cattle lancet) was somewhere about his dress.
It is also used for tortoise-shell, having in that case a bevel or fleam on the front face, and no set to the teeth.
The hardness of the fleam metal indicated that it was carburized sufficiently to be made of steel.
Frequently a veterinary spring lancet or fleam is mistaken for a human lancet, or a scarificator for an instrument of venesection.
The blade was positioned at right angles to the spring and case, thus adopting the basic shape of the fleam.
Immediately the fleam was removed and a jet of blood came forth that was caught and measured in a container.
These are enlarged versions of the fleam employed in human bloodletting.
The operation is performed by three old women, two to hold the patient, and the third to use the fleam.
Since the specimens found in museums vary in size, it is likely that this type of fleam was used on both animals and humans.
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