to phlebotomize
- verb
- /fləˈbɒtəˌmaɪz/
- Specialized
- The nurse will phlebotomize you to obtain a blood sample for the lab tests.
Examples
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After being phlebotomized, the patient was asked to rest for a few minutes.
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I need to phlebotomize the patient before the surgery.
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Years ago, doctors would frequently phlebotomize patients as a treatment for many diseases.
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The nurse will phlebotomize you today.
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The nurse will phlebotomize you to collect a blood sample for testing.
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Before starting the treatment, the doctor will phlebotomize the patient to check for any infections.
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To ensure an accurate diagnosis, the technician needs to phlebotomize the patient for a blood analysis.
Synonyms
To take the red liquid from someone's body for tests or donation
To let a bloodsucking worm attach to a person to take blood for medical treatment
To cut open a vein to let blood out for health reasons
How Invasive
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
phlebotomize = phlebotomy (opaque) = phlebo + tomy + ize
Formed regularly by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to the noun 'phlebotomy', but that noun is specialised and built from Greek combining forms.
Etymology
The word phlebotomize comes from Greek parts phlebo- meaning 'vein' and -tomy meaning 'cut'. So, to phlebotomize someone is like 'cutting a vein' to draw blood, which is why it means 'to draw blood'.