phlebotomize

[ fluh-bot-uh-mahyz ]
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verb (used with object),phle·bot·o·mized, phle·bot·o·miz·ing.
  1. to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.

Origin of phlebotomize

1
First recorded in 1590–1600, phlebotomize is from the Middle French word phlebotomiser (compare Medieval Latin flebotomizāre). See phlebotomy, -ize
  • Also especially British, phle·bot·o·mise .

Other words from phlebotomize

  • phle·bot·o·mi·za·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for phlebotomize

phlebotomize

phlebotomise

/ (flɪˈbɒtəˌmaɪz) /


verb
  1. (tr) surgery to perform phlebotomy on (a patient)

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