phlebotomicadj.
/ˌflɛbə(ʊ)ˈtɒmɪk/, U.S. /ˌflɛbəˈtɑmɪk/ rare.
Of or relating to phlebotomy. Also in extended use: designating or relating to bloodsucking insects.
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phlebotomical1671
Neronian1672
phlebotomic1779
venesecting1833
1779 Nocturnal Revels I. 104 She now really swooned, and a phlebotomic operation was absolutely expedient to bring her to herself.
1799 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) 3 148 President of the phlebotomic college.
1857 Lancet 31 Oct. 440/1 Others may have grown weary in their phlebotomic efforts.
1860 P. H. Gosse Evenings at Microscope 171 As among most of these puncturing insects, it is the females only who attain skill in the phlebotomic art.
1913 Science 8 Aug. 200/1 The phlebotomic members of these families are..habitual..blood-suckers and hemiparasites.
1920 C. T. Brues Insects & Hum. Welfare i. 5 On account of their phlebotomic habits, and particularly their fondness for man, mosquitoes have always been heartily detested, even by the entomologist.
1979 Speculum 54 199 He believes in phlebotomic, dietetic, and pharmaceutic therapy.
1993 Jrnl. Internal Med. 234 599 Recordings were performed in basal conditions and after pharmacological and/or phlebotomic treatment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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