A person who extracts blood from a person or animal for therapeutic purposes, esp. a phlebotomist. Also: a thing used to extract blood or perform…

= cupper, n.1 2.

A person who lets blood; = bloodletter, n. Also in extended use: a shedder of blood.

A person who lets blood; a blood-letter.

A person who or creature which draws blood; esp. a bloodsucker.

Originally: a blood-letter; (also) a physician using phlebotomy as a treatment (now historical). In later use: a technician trained to perform…

a person who performs arteriotomy.

One who draws blood.

One who performs the operation of cupping: see cup, v. 1, cupping, n. 1.

A medical practitioner resembling Dr. Sangrado; a doctor given to bleeding, or an ignorant pretender to medical knowledge.

Formerly, one who practises venesection; a blood-letter. In modern use, one who takes blood samples as a profession; a phlebotomist.