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phlebotomist|flɪˈbɒtəmɪst|
[f. phlebotomy (or its source), see -ist: cf. F. phlébotomiste (1732 in Dict. Trévoux).]
Orig., one who practises phlebotomy; a surgeon who bleeds patients; a blood-letter. In mod. use, someone trained to take blood from a person for subsequent examination or transfusion.
1657G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. 256 A just reward for a butcherlike Phlebotomist. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. iii. (1818) I. 63 The cupping glasses of the phlebotomist. 1974N. M. Abelson Topics in Blood Banking vi. 124 The skill of the phlebotomist. 1976I. Chanarin et al. Blood & its Dis. ix. 78 Venous blood samples are required. These may be collected by either laboratory staff, medical staff, nursing staff or phlebotomists. 1977Age & Ageing VI. 85 Blood was taken, usually by a phlebotomist, after the skin had been prepared. |