veterinary technician

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

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of veterinary technician¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

As Vanessa Ortiz, a veterinary technician at the Pasadena Humane Society, picked up the kitten, she paused and reminded herself to move more gingerly.

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Some said she claimed she was in veterinary school or worked as a veterinary technician.

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Jacqueline Wivel is a certified veterinary technician in the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.

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The other co-authors are Huseyin O. Taskin, a former research specialist at Penn in the GKAguirre Lab and current graduate student at the University of Toronto, and Jacqueline Wivel, a veterinary technician.

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“Fearful tense did ok going slow NO signs of aggression,” a veterinary technician wrote the day he came in.

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