n.
Pronunciation: fli- ' bä-t ə -m ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -mies
Etymology: Middle English fleobotomie, from Middle French flebothomie, from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Greek, from phleb- + -tomia -tomy
Date: 14th century
: the letting of blood for transfusion, diagnosis, or experiment, and especially formerly in the treatment of disease ― called also venesection
– phle · bot · o · mist \ -mist \ noun