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phlebotomize |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: phlebotomize v : draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" [syn: {bleed}, {leech}]
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