phlebotomic, a. rare.
(flɛbəʊˈtɒmɪk)
[ad. Gr. ϕλεβοτοµικός (ϕλεβοτοµική n., the phlebotomic art), f. ϕλεβοτοµία phlebotomy.]
Of or pertaining to phlebotomy. So phleboˈtomical a.; hence phleboˈtomically adv., in relation to phlebotomy.
| 1799 in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. III. 148 President of the phlebotomic college. 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex. 940/2 Phlebotomical. 1869 E. C. Rye in Student II. 185 The ‘mosquito’ cannot be said to exist specifically, though phlebotomically it has an entity. |