phlebotomise

Thân thiện

A nurse prepares to phlebotomise a patient in a clinic.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To perform phlebotomy; to draw blood from a vein, typically for medical purposes such as testing, donation, or (historically) therapeutic bloodletting. The term is a technical medical verb for the act of opening a vein to extract blood.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The nurse will phlebotomise the patient to collect samples for the lab.
  • In historical practice, barber-surgeons would phlebotomise individuals to treat a variety of ailments.

Advanced Usage

• Passive Voice: Often used in medical contexts to describe the procedure being performed on a patient.
  • The patient was phlebotomised prior to the surgery.

Variants and Related Words

• Phlebotomize (verb): The American English spelling variant of 'phlebotomise'.
• Phlebotomy (noun): The medical procedure or practice of drawing blood from veins.
  • She is trained in phlebotomy.
• Phlebotomist (noun): A healthcare professional trained to draw blood.
  • The phlebotomist was very skilled at finding veins.

Synonyms

• Bleed (verb, historical/medical context): To draw blood from.
• Venipuncture (verb/noun, modern clinical term): The technical term for puncturing a vein to draw blood or administer medication.

Related Phrases

• To draw blood: The common, non-technical phrase meaning to take blood from a vein.
  • The technician needs to draw blood for the test.

Học thuật

Verb

1. draw blood
   • In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bleed
• leech
• phlebotomize