definitions

phlebotomize

[ fluh-bot-uh-mahyz ]
/ fləˈbɒt əˌmaɪz /
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verb (used with object), phle·bot·o·mized, phle·bot·o·miz·ing.

to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.

RELATED WORDS

trickle, weep, ooze, drain, run, seep, shed, gush, spurt, hemorrhage, exude, leech, extravasate, outflow

Nearby words

phlebostenosis, phlebothrombosis, phlebotome, phlebotomic, phlebotomist, phlebotomize, phlebotomus, phlebotomus fever, phlebotomus fever virus, phlebotomy, phlegethon
Also especially British, phle·bot·o·mise.

Origin of phlebotomize

First recorded in 1590–1600, phlebotomize is from the Middle French word phlebotomiser (compare Medieval Latin flebotomizāre). See phlebotomy, -ize

Related forms

phle·bot·o·mi·za·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for phlebotomize

phlebotomize

phlebotomise

/ (flɪˈbɒtəˌmaɪz) /

verb

(tr) surgery to perform phlebotomy on (a patient)
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