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phlebotomist
[ fluh-bot-uh-mist ]
/ fləˈbɒt ə mɪst /
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noun Surgery.
a specialist in phlebotomy.
a nurse or other health worker trained in drawing venous blood for testing or donation.
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Origin of phlebotomist
First recorded in 1650–60; phlebotom(y) + -ist
Words nearby phlebotomist
phlebology, phlebosclerosis, phlebothrombosis, phlebotome, phlebotomic, phlebotomist, phlebotomize, phlebotomus fever, phlebotomy, Phlegethon, phlegm
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