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blood test

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hematology, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blood work

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An analysis of blood performed on two subjects to determine whether they are biologically related, such as a paternity test.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, genetics, law, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To administer or conduct a blood test (on someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive, uncommon

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a serologic analysis of a sample of blood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: biopsy

Narrower terms: agglutination test, complement fixation test, PSA blood test

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Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَحْلِيل الدَّمّ (taḥlīl ad-damm) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Aragonese: analisi de sangre — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Armenian: արյան բիոքիմիական քննություն (aryan biokʻimiakan kʻnnutʻyun) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Asturian: exame de sangre — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Basque: odol-analisi — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Bengali: রক্ত পরীক্ষা (rokto porikkha) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Bulgarian: кръвен тест (krǎven test) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Catalan: anàlisi de sang — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驗血 /验血 (yànxuè) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血檢 /血检 (xuèjiǎn) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Danish: blodprøve — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Dutch: bloedonderzoek — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Esperanto: sangekzameno — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Finnish: verikoe — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • French: bilan sanguin — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Galician: análise de sangue — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Georgian: სისხლის ბიოქიმიური ანალიზი (sisxlis biokimiuri analizi) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • German: Blutprobe — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • German: Bluttest — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • German: Blutuntersuchung — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Hebrew: בדיקת דם (b'dikát-dam) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Hindi: रक्त परीक्षण (rakt parīkṣaṇ) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Hungarian: vérvizsgálat — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Indonesian: uji darah — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Irish: tástáil fola — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Italian: esame del sangue — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Japanese: 血液検査 (ketsueki kensa) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Korean: 혈액검사 (hyeoraekgeomsa) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Korean: 피검사 (pigeomsa) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Macedonian: крвна анализа (krvna analiza) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Malay: ujian darah — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blodprøve — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blodprøve — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Persian: آزمایش خون (âzmâyeš-e xun) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Polish: badanie krwi — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Portuguese: exame de sangue — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Russian: ана́лиз кро́ви (análiz króvi) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Russian: биохимический анализ крови (bioximičeskij analiz krovi) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Serbo-Croatian: pretraga krvi — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Spanish: análisis de sangre — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Spanish: examen de sangre — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Swedish: blodprov — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Tamil: குருதிப் பரிசோதனை (kurutip paricōtaṉai) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Telugu: రక్తపరీక్ష (raktaparīkṣa) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Thai: การตรวจเลือด — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Turkish: kan testi — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Turkish: kan tahlili — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Ukrainian: ана́ліз кро́ві (análiz króvi) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Ukrainian: біохімічний аналіз крові (bioximičnyj analiz krovi) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Urdu: اختبارِ خون (ixtibār-i xūn) — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Vietnamese: xét nghiệm máu — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
  • Welsh: prawf gwaed — a serologic analysis of a sample of blood