| 单词 |
phlebotomize |
| 释义 |
phlebotomize, v.|flɪˈbɒtəmaɪz|
Also 6 -thomize.
[a. F. phlébotomise-r (16th c.), in med.L. flebotomizāre (Du Cange), f. phlebotom-us, Gr. ϕλεβότοµος: see next and -ize.]
a. intr. To practise phlebotomy; to let blood by opening a vein.
b. trans. To bleed (a person, or a part of the body); also transf. and fig.
c. intr. for pass. To undergo phlebotomy, to be bled (quot. 1652).
1596Nashe Saffron Walden Ep. Ded., Wks. (Grosart) III. 12 Phlebothomize them, sting them, tutch them. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 27 b/1 To phlebotomize aright, is oftentimes a difficulte matter. 1644Howell England's Tears in Dodona's Gr. etc. 160 Body politiques,..as well as the frayle bodies of men..must have an evacuation for their corrupt humours, they must be phlebotomiz'd. 1652Benlowes Theoph. xi. xxiv. 196 Post for physick's skill Phlebotomize he must, and take the vomit pill. 1796J. Anstey Pleader's Guide Poet. Wks. 192 Bother. You took some blood, Sir, from him. Tench. Plenty—Phlebotomiz'd him ounces twenty. 1873Browning Red Cott. Nt.-cap iii. 135 The while I blister and phlebotomize! 1876R. F. Burton Gorilla L. I. 131 At night the mosquitoes phlebotomized us.
Hence phleˈbotomized ppl. a.; -izing vbl. n.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 2 b/2 Phlebotomisinge or blood-lettinge. 1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature v. 36 Yea, they would..make Bread and Cates of the Blood of their Phlebotomized bullockes. 1835Anster tr. Faust (1887) 292 For spirits sinking, spirits rising The one cure is phebotomising. 1865Pall Mall G. 14 Aug. 11 These phlebotomizing days are now, however, long gone by. |
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