phlebotomize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- phlebotomization noun
Etymology
Origin of phlebotomize
First recorded in 1590–1600, phlebotomize is from the Middle French word phlebotomiser (compare Medieval Latin flebotomizāre ). See phlebotomy, -ize
Example Sentences
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The phlebotomizing Jew swears he won't marry his daughter to any man who is not as rich as himself.
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A physician, while in his patient’s room, in speaking to the surgeon about him, said, “You must phlebotomize the old gentleman to-morrow.”
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Managing a theatre, publishing a newspaper, or keeping trained dogs or trotting horses, don't hardly begin to phlebotomize purse and reputation, like drinking.
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And to think that all these agents heavily phlebotomize Uncle Sam's pockets to obtain such contemptible results!
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And by the way, let me beg you not to call a trotting match a race, and not to speak of a "thorough-bred" as a "blooded" horse, unless he has been recently phlebotomized.
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