veterinary technician

[ vet-er-uh-ner-ee tek-nish-uhn, ve-truh‐ ]

/ ˈvɛt ər əˌnɛr i tɛkˈnɪʃ ən, ˈvɛ trə‐ /

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noun

a veterinarian’s assistant, trained to provide medical care for animals, as performing diagnostic tests or administering vaccines and medication.

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Also called Informal, vet tech

[vet-tek] /ˈvɛt ˌtɛk/ .

Origin of veterinary technician

First recorded in 1935–40

The technician on the other end is probably in a laboratory a thousand miles away.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sisler is described as a “Medical/Surgical instrument technician” in his own court declaration.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’|The Center for Investigative Reporting|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Landon Wilson, a U.S. Navy cryptologic technician, returned from Afghanistan in 2013 to a promotion for good work.
Yes to LGB, No to T: The Pentagon Still Has a Transgender Ban|Tim Mak|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Others who had become infected included a technician from the lab that had been returning mistaken results.
How Bureaucrats Let Ebola Spread to Nigeria|Michael Daly|August 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For a decade, Maier worked as a senior technician with Hughes Aircraft in California.
The Hop-Crazy Master Brewer|Nina Strochlic|June 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Doctor Baker was away, and in despair they had routed Mr. Dean out of bed—the pale young man who was studying to be a veterinary.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson
One of the Ipswich characters of my boyhood, of whom Mr. Glyde has preserved an anecdote, was old Tuxford, the veterinary surgeon.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie
The veterinary was here when Rags died, which was within fifteen minutes of the first spasm.
Average Jones|Samuel Hopkins Adams
The first veterinary school in France had been founded at Lyons in 1762.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3)|John Morley
In other words, the technician is the man who invents or preserves labels to be pasted on the intuitive practices of his art.
Seeing Things at Night|Heywood Broun