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Definition of Phlebotomize
1. Verb. Draw blood. "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
Category relationships: Medicine, Practice Of Medicine
Generic synonyms: Care For, Treat
Derivative terms: Leech, Phlebotomy
Definition of Phlebotomize
1. v. t. To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed.
Definition of Phlebotomize
1. Verb. (transitive) To perform a phlebotomy on (a vein): to open (a vein) to withdraw or let blood. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To perform a phlebotomy on (a person): to open a vein of (a person) to withdraw or let blood. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To perform a phlebotomy; to open a vein to withdraw or let blood. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlebotomize
Literary usage of Phlebotomize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To phlebotomize, (fle-bct'-to-mize) va To let blood. PHLEBOTOMY, (fle- bct'-to-me)
ns Bloodletting ; the act or practice of opening a vein for medical ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1842)
"I must phlebotomize you into abstinence!" " Heaven bless you, sir I" exclaimed
the woman with surprise. "'What have you eaten to-day?1' " Nothing, sir! ..."
3. Minor Poets of the Caroline Period by George Saintsbury (1905)
"Post for physic's skill; phlebotomize he must, and take the vomit pill. XXV Doctor,
the cause of this distemper state us. ' His cachexy results from flatus ..."
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