blood bank
noun
: a place where blood is stored so that it later can be given to people who are ill or injured
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Illinois Department of Public Health officials said the hospital lacked essential medical services to be a Level II trauma facility, as well as a blood bank and a full-time trauma coordinator.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Among the stops on Dreux and Alyssa’s journey are a blood bank where a stripper turned nurse played by Janelle James lets an increasingly gray Dreux donate extra pints and a payday-loan place that touts a 1,900.5 percent APR rate.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Every blood type is needed, but especially O-positive, O-negative and platelets, according to the blood bank.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
In the 2023 and 2021 winter weather events, the blood bank reached critical levels.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Jan. 2024
In the few weeks of January, the blood bank is running low because donors have been on vacation.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Jan. 2024
Going off that premise, creators of Rion’s Plated Intense Serum purchase platelets from a blood bank to harness the type of exosome—an inter-cellular messenger—responsible for signaling cell renewal.
—Jessica Klein, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Previously the location of a Stein Mart department store, the market is in a shopping center that also includes a Hobby Lobby, an Italian restaurant and a blood bank.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
The first-ever blood bank in Nepal remained standing to this date after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Kathmandu in 2015, a solid proof that speaks about the architecture firm’s capacity to build strong and sustainable infrastructure.
—Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Among the stops on Dreux and Alyssa’s journey are a blood bank where a stripper turned nurse played by Janelle James lets an increasingly gray Dreux donate extra pints and a payday-loan place that touts a 1,900.5 percent APR rate.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Every blood type is needed, but especially O-positive, O-negative and platelets, according to the blood bank.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
In the 2023 and 2021 winter weather events, the blood bank reached critical levels.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Jan. 2024
In the few weeks of January, the blood bank is running low because donors have been on vacation.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Jan. 2024
Going off that premise, creators of Rion’s Plated Intense Serum purchase platelets from a blood bank to harness the type of exosome—an inter-cellular messenger—responsible for signaling cell renewal.
—Jessica Klein, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Previously the location of a Stein Mart department store, the market is in a shopping center that also includes a Hobby Lobby, an Italian restaurant and a blood bank.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
The first-ever blood bank in Nepal remained standing to this date after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Kathmandu in 2015, a solid proof that speaks about the architecture firm’s capacity to build strong and sustainable infrastructure.
—Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
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“Blood bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20bank. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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blood bank
noun
: a place for storage of or an institution storing blood or plasma
also
: blood so stored
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