Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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