phlebotomist
[fluh-bot-uh-mist]
- 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
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There was a phlebotomist from Pittsburg who had shot all over the earth.
Pony TracksFrederic Remington
I constantly act as phlebotomist to the vanity of the young and to the anecdotage of the senile and senescent.
The Journal of a Disappointed ManWilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion
Steele tells of a phlebotomist who advertised, for the good of mankind, to bleed at "threepence per head."
A Book about DoctorsJohn Cordy Jeaffreson
A famous French Marchal reproved the clumsiness of a phlebotomist in a less gratifying manner.
A Book about DoctorsJohn Cordy Jeaffreson
A famous French Marchal reproved the awkwardness of a phlebotomist less agreeably.
Clergymen and DoctorsAnonymous
Word Origin and History for phlebotomist
n.
1650s, from phlebotomy + -ist. Related: Phlebotomize.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
phlebotomist
(flĭ-bŏt′ə-mĭst)- One who practices phlebotomy.
- One who draws blood for analysis or transfusion.
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