phlebotomo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

phlĕbŏtŏmo (flĕb-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., = φλεβοτομέω,

to let blood from , to bleed , phlebotomize : aliquem, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 14, 111: utrum phlebotomandi necne sint aegrotantes ... non phlebotomati magno adjutorio privantur, id. Tard. 2, 13, 191; id. Acut. 2, 13, 88; Veg. Vet. 1, 24; Fulg. Myth. 3, 7.