Hypertext Webster Gateway: "phlebotomize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Phlebotomize \Phle*bot"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Phlebotomized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Phlebotomizing}.] [Cf. F.
phl['e]botomiser.]
To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed. [R.] --Howell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
phlebotomize
v : draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled
patients as part of the treatment" [syn: {bleed}, {leech}]
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