phlebotomize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb draw blood
    phlebotomise; bleed; leech.
    • In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment

WordNet

Phle*bot"o*mize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. phlébotomiser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Phlebotomized ; present participle & verbal noun Phlebotomizing
Definitions
  1. To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed. R. Howell.

Webster 1913