'Phlebotomize' definitions:
Definition of 'phlebotomize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise]
Definition of 'Phlebotomize'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]