BLOOD BANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood bank mean? 

• BLOOD BANK (noun)
  The noun BLOOD BANK has 1 sense:

1. a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma

  Familiarity information: BLOOD BANK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD BANK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place for storing whole blood or blood plasma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

the Red Cross created a blood bank for emergencies

Hypernyms ("blood bank" is a kind of...):

bank (a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies))

 Context examples 

A mobile unit staffed and equipped to collect blood donations for a blood bank.

(Bloodmobile, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood bank will store your blood for your use.

(Blood Transfusion and Donation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Spinella added that the findings also provide good news for blood banks, which he said will likely feel less pressure to respond to requests for fresh red cells.

(Fresh red blood cell transfusions do not help critically ill children more than older cells, National Institutes of Health)

To keep blood safe, blood banks carefully screen donated blood.

(Blood Transfusion and Donation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)