Phlebotomize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  phlebotomize
       v : draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled
           patients as part of the treatment" [syn: {bleed}, {leech},
            {phlebotomise}]