phlebotomize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: phlebotomize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for phlebotomize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phlebotomize v draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" Synonym(s): bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phlebotomize \Phlebot"omize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phlebotomized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Phlebotomizing}.] [Cf. F. phl[82]botomiser.] To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed. [R.] --Howell.