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. [1913 Webster]