blood test

noun

A laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or by fingerprick.

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nounblood test (plural blood tests)

plural blood tests · alternative blood-test

  1. hematologyA laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or by fingerprick.

    HIV-positive persons may test falsely on the standard syphilis blood tests because they may not be able to mount the "normal" immunological response required of such tests.

    1988 April 16, Mike Smith, “AIDS and Syphilis”, in Gay Community News, page 5

    Synonyms: blood work

  2. biologyAn analysis of blood performed on two subjects to determine whether they are biologically related, such as a paternity test.
verbblood test (third-person singular simple present blood tests, present participle blood testing, simple past and past participle blood tested)

present singular third person blood tests · participle present blood testing · participle past blood tested · past blood tested

  1. transitiveuncommonTo administer or conduct a blood test (on someone).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or by fingerprick.

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Translations

Afrikaans bloedtoets
  • bloedtoetsa serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Arabic تَحْلِيل الدَّمّ
  • تَحْلِيل الدَّمّ (taḥlīl ad-damm)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Basque odol-analisi
  • odol-analisia serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Bengali রক্ত পরীক্ষা
  • রক্ত পরীক্ষা (rokto porikkha)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Bulgarian кръвен тест
  • кръвен тест (krăven test)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Catalan anàlisi de sang
  • anàlisi de sanga serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Chinese Mandarin 驗血 /验血, 血檢 /血检
  • 驗血 /验血 (yànxuè)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • 血檢 /血检 (xuèjiǎn)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Danish blodprøve
  • blodprøvea serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Dutch bloedonderzoek
  • bloedonderzoeka serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Esperanto sangekzameno
  • sangekzamenoa serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Finnish verikoe
  • verikoea serologic analysis of a sample of blood
French bilan sanguin
  • bilan sanguina serologic analysis of a sample of blood
German Blutprobe, Bluttest
  • Blutprobea serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Bluttesta serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Blutuntersuchunga serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Hebrew בדיקת דם
  • בדיקת דם (b'dikát-dam)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Hindi रक्त परीक्षण
  • रक्त परीक्षण (rakt parīkṣaṇ)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Hungarian vérvizsgálat
  • vérvizsgálata serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Indonesian uji darah
  • uji daraha serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Irish tástáil fola
  • tástáil folaa serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Italian esame del sangue
  • esame del sanguea serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Japanese 血液検査
  • 血液検査 (ketsueki kensa)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Korean 혈액검사, 피검사
  • 혈액검사 (hyeoraekgeomsa)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • 피검사 (pigeomsa)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Malay ujian darah
  • ujian daraha serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Norwegian Bokmål blodprøve
  • blodprøvea serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Persian آزمایش خون
  • آزمایش خون (âzmâyeš-e xun)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Polish badanie krwi
  • badanie krwia serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Portuguese exame de sangue
  • exame de sanguea serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Russian ана́лиз кро́ви, биохимический анализ крови
  • ана́лиз кро́ви (análiz króvi)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • биохимический анализ крови (bioximičeskij analiz krovi)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Spanish análisis de sangre, examen de sangre
  • análisis de sangrea serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • examen de sangrea serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Swedish blodprov
  • blodprova serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Tamil குருதிப் பரிசோதனை
  • குருதிப் பரிசோதனை (kurutip paricōtaṉai)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Thai การตรวจเลือด
  • การตรวจเลือดa serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Turkish kan testi, kan tahlili
  • kan testia serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • kan tahlilia serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Ukrainian ана́ліз кро́ві, біохімічний аналіз крові
  • ана́ліз кро́ві (análiz króvi)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • біохімічний аналіз крові (bioximičnyj analiz krovi)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Urdu اختبارِ خون
  • اختبارِ خون (ixtibār-i xūn)a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Vietnamese xét nghiệm máu
  • xét nghiệm máua serologic analysis of a sample of blood
Welsh prawf gwaed
  • prawf gwaeda serologic analysis of a sample of blood
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