bloodbank

Donation storage facility

A blood bank is a facility that collects, tests, processes, and stores donated blood for later transfusion.

Hospitals maintain blood banks to ensure supply for surgeries and emergencies.

The term occasionally appears figuratively for any reserve of vital resources.

Usually written as two words: blood bank.

processing

plasma

Electrified matter state

separation · centrifuge · testing · screening · crossmatch · compatibility · ABO · typing · labeling · anticoagulant

lifesaving

transfusion

Transfer of blood intravenously

hemorrhage · accident · rescue · survival · crisis · urgency · intervention · triage · critical · shortage

inventory

supply

Furnish or stock

units · collection · distribution · tracking · database · registry · matching · allocation · demand · rationing

donation

donor

One who contributes freely

contribute · charity · generosity · philanthropy · gift · benevolence · humanitarian · compassion · helping · aid

Opposites
biological resource flow

bloodbankcrematorium

Corpse incineration facility

morgue · slaughterhouse · abattoir · killing floor · funeral home

function/purpose

bloodbankslaughterhouse

Animal killing facility

abattoir · battlefield · operating theater · emergency room · dialysis center

Family

blood, bank, bloods, banks, blooded, bloody, bloodied, bloodily, bloodiness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G