🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Prelievo di sangue

Pronunciation / Transliteration: preˈljɛːvo di ˈsaŋɡue

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Blood Draw/blʌd drɔː/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il prelievo di sangue è stato fatto in laboratorio."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A procedure typically performed in a clinical setting to collect blood for analysis.

    "After the blood draw, the patient was advised to rest for a few minutes."
  2. 2

    The act of taking a sample of blood from a patient for medical testing.

    "The nurse performed a blood draw to check the patient's glucose levels."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'blood draw' combines 'blood', derived from Old English 'blōd', and 'draw', from Old English 'dragan', meaning to pull or take. The phrase has evolved in medical contexts to refer specifically to the process of extracting blood for testing or donation.

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