1. draw blood; - Example: "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
phlebotomise
v 1: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled
patients as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech,
phlebotomize, phlebotomise]