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a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma

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the Red Cross created a blood bank for emergencies

: a place for storage of or an institution storing blood or plasma; also : blood so stored

1. a place where blood or blood plasma is collected, processed, stored, and distributed.

2. such a supply of blood or blood plasma.

[1935-40]

blood bank noun

A supply of blood plasma, or the place where it is kept

Main Entry: ↑blood

blood bank UK US noun [countable] [singular blood bank plural blood banks]

a place where blood is stored so that it can be given to people during medical operations

Thesaurus: transplant operations and blood and organ donation_hyponym

blood bank,

1. a place for storage of blood to be used in transfusions.

2. the blood kept in storage.

n. a place where supplies of blood or plasma for transfusion are stored

noun, pl ⋯ banks [count]

: a place where blood is stored so that it later can be given to people who are ill

ˈblood bank [blood bank blood banks] noun

a place where blood is kept for use in hospitals, etc.