phlebotomizing

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phlebotomizing - 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.
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