phlebotomist
Americannoun
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a specialist in phlebotomy.
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a nurse or other health worker trained in drawing venous blood for testing or donation.
Etymology
Origin of phlebotomist
First recorded in 1650–60; phlebotom(y) + -ist
Example Sentences
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Most blood tests involve blood drawing at a Quest service center, but consumers can also pay $79 for an in-home appointment from a mobile phlebotomist in some markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
You wake up and skip breakfast — not even coffee — and sit blearily in the exam room, looking at the ceiling as the phlebotomist slides a needle into your vein.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024
But they also rely on uncomfortable procedures, ranging from collecting small blood samples through frequent finger pricks to blood draws from a trained phlebotomist.
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023
Afterward, a phlebotomist asked him to sign a form verifying his visit, then handed him $600 in cash.
From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023
To be butchered by a Roman phlebotomist, and drenched with infusions of hay by the Principessa Montevarchi, when I might be devising means of being presented to her daughter?
From Sant' Ilario by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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