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Verb: phlebotomise  fli'bó-tu,mIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: phlebotomize)
  1. (medicine) draw blood
    "In the old days, doctors routinely phlebotomised patients as part of the treatment";
    - bleed, leech [archaic], phlebotomize

Derived forms: phlebotomised, phlebotomises, phlebotomising

Type of: care for, treat