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.
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

OTHER WORDS FROM phlebotomize

phle·bot·o·mi·za·tion, noun

Words nearby phlebotomize

phlebostenosis, phlebothrombosis, phlebotome, phlebotomic, phlebotomist, phlebotomize, phlebotomus, phlebotomus fever, phlebotomus fever virus, phlebotomy, phlegethon

Words related to phlebotomize

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

British Dictionary definitions for phlebotomize

phlebotomize

phlebotomise

/ (flɪˈbɒtəˌmaɪz) /

verb

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