phlebotomize

2 definitions found

phlebotomize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

phlebotomize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  phlebotomize
      v 1: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled
           patients as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech,
           phlebotomize, phlebotomise]