单词 | blood work |
释义 | > as lemmasblood work blood work n. (a) the shedding of blood; fighting; killing (now rare); (b) the scientific study or laboratory testing of blood, now esp. for diagnostic purposes. ΚΠ 1815 Crit. Rev. Sept. 325 Now the blood-work is done! Hurrah for the conqueror's fare! 1867 G. Bell Rough Notes by Old Soldier iii. 42 There was counter-retaliation, and so the blood work went on continually. 1889 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 50 414/1 He had devoted a considerable amount of time to blood-work. 1956 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 56 41/1 The nurse sends a requisition to the laboratory for routine blood work, which includes white blood count, differential, sedimentation rate, hematocrit, [etc.]. 1990 T. C. Johnston Stalkers (1992) 230 Count me in, you got some blood work to do. I like it best when it's up close. 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Nov. 24/2 Something else in her blood work intrigued the doctor: nearly half of the white cells seen were a single type of infection-fighting cell—eosinophils. < as lemmas |
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