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phlebotomize

[ fluh-bot-uh-mahyz ]

verb (used with object)

phlebotomized, phlebotomizing.
  1. to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.


phlebotomize

/ ڱɪˈɒəˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr surgery to perform phlebotomy on (a patient)
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phlebotomize1

First recorded in 1590–1600, phlebotomize is from the Middle French word phlebotomiser (compare Medieval Latin ڱdzٴdz ). See phlebotomy, -ize
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The phlebotomizing Jew swears he won't marry his daughter to any man who is not as rich as himself.

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A physician, while in his patient’s room, in speaking to the surgeon about him, said, “You must phlebotomize the old gentleman to-morrow.”

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Managing a theatre, publishing a newspaper, or keeping trained dogs or trotting horses, don't hardly begin to phlebotomize purse and reputation, like drinking.

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And to think that all these agents heavily phlebotomize Uncle Sam's pockets to obtain such contemptible results!

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And by the way, let me beg you not to call a trotting match a race, and not to speak of a "thorough-bred" as a "blooded" horse, unless he has been recently phlebotomized.

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