phlebotomizationn.
/flᵻˌbɒtəmʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /fləˌbɑdəməˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /fləˌbɑdəˌmaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine. rare. Now historical.
The action of performing phlebotomy; an instance of this. Also figurative.
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phlebotomya1400
phlebotomization1598
phlebotomizing1598
arteriotomy1634
breathing1639
venesection1661
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 49/2 We may not, in Phlebotomizatione [Du. aderlaten, Fr. à tirer du sang], be to timorouse and fearfull.
1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. I. 279 When the Surgeon or Physician comes again to visit the Patient after his Phlebotomization, the Blood is usually set out again to have a fresh Judgment passed upon it.
1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) v. 199 A general phlebotomization at stated and regular periods.
1861 W. H. Russell Pictures Southern Life 15 It is scarcely possible now to prevent the processes of phlebotomization which are supposed to secure peace and repose.
1971 L. Grinspoon Marihuana Reconsidered 8 Long before the advent of modern medicine we knew that phlebotomization as a treatment method was completely ineffective.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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