phlebotomize

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(flə bot′ə mīz′)


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phle•bot•o•mize  (flə bot′ə mīz′),USA pronunciation v.t., -mized, -miz•ing. 
  1. Medicineto subject to phlebotomy;
    bleed.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] phle•bot′o•mise′. 
  • Middle French phlebotomiser (compare Medieval Latin flebotomizāre). See phlebotomy, -ize
  • 1590–1600
phle•bot′o•mi•za′tion, n. 


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