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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A blood test or a group of blood tests.

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  • noun medicine A blood test.

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Examples

  • Frankly, I now think that the damned bloodwork is probably influenced by what you eat or solar flares or something, but our daughter is genetically normal.

    Dark, Update | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • Trying to obtain bloodwork requires the most skilled of phlebotimists, nurses, or anesthesiologists and even then there is no guarantee that they can be successful because sometimes the patient and the powers that be won’t cooperate.

    23 « March « 2007 « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • Trying to obtain bloodwork requires the most skilled of phlebotimists, nurses, or anesthesiologists and even then there is no guarantee that they can be successful because sometimes the patient and the powers that be won’t cooperate.

    I wanna hold your hand « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • Trying to obtain bloodwork requires the most skilled of phlebotimists, nurses, or anesthesiologists and even then there is no guarantee that they can be successful because sometimes the patient and the powers that be won’t cooperate.

    March « 2007 « Adventures in Juggling 2007

  • I called my doctor, went in and did the "bloodwork" thing, thinking my "heredity" was coming into play … low thyroid.

    Hoosier Army Mom's Weblog 2008

  • Less expensive anesthetics, cheaper (or non-existent) pain protocols, no monitoring equipment, no pre-anesthetic bloodwork, no IV catheters, no dedicated technicians dedicated to your pet's anesthesia or recovery.

    Pets' needs should dictate vets' prices for spaying, neutering 2010

  • Her initial bloodwork shows that she has leukemia.

    Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

  • She then calls the lab or the patient (who occasionally skips out without their bloodwork).

    Tickler Systems and Thoughts on Mandating the EMR aka TBTAM 2009

  • But today, my doctor sat me down with the results of my official bloodwork and said, These are the things you are definitely allergic to.

    Allergy. « 2010

  • But today, my doctor sat me down with the results of my official bloodwork and said, These are the things [...]

    January « 2010 « 2010

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