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blood test

noun

  1. a test of a sample of blood to determine blood group, presence of infection or other pathological condition, parentage, etc.


blood test

noun

  1. analysis of a blood sample to determine blood group, alcohol concentration, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of blood test1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

Times have changed, so you no longer have to endure an orifices check, a needle in your vein, and a week of waiting for your blood test results.

Wasserman’s big insight was that you could identify that point by measuring breathing instead of taking cumbersome blood tests.

The company is also working on portable blood tests for astronauts.

In fact, at least one study showed the Wondfo tests were only about 55% accurate when performed as a finger pinprick blood test.

Once again, urine and blood tests found no differences in dehydration or electrolyte levels before, during, or after the race.

This at-home blood test kit gives a full reading of antioxidant, fatty acid, or vitamin panels.

Mississippi does require a blood test as well as a three-day waiting period between obtaining your license and saying, “I do.”

A mobile blood test unit putters around the area to test white blood counts.

If my doctor sends me for an imaging or blood test, how do I know where I can get it the cheapest?

“The idea is that a blood test can be developed—and this was the first proof—to diagnose depression,” Redei told The Daily Beast.

He—the doctor took a blood test and took a X-ray—a lung X-ray and, I don't know, all kind of tests, right away.

Having found them, the question is largely settled, although we also take a blood test.

It is only the blood test that is repeatedly negative after the effect of mercury wears off, which shows the disease is cured.

There is very little discomfort in the method, as a rule—no more than there is to the taking of blood for a blood test.

A Wassermann blood test with a thorough examination is the least that should be expected where any exchanges are to take place.

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