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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

phlebotomize
    v 1: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled
         patients as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech,
         phlebotomize, phlebotomise]