donor blood
Gift from veins
Donor blood is blood that has been collected from a volunteer for use in transfusions or medical procedures.
The term emphasizes the source—given freely by another person—distinguishing it from a patient's own blood: The hospital's supply of donor blood was running low.
Also called donated blood.
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- red cellsOxygen-ferrying blood components
- bankPlace holding deposits
type · vein · needle · bag · unit · O negative · universal · screening · iron · hemoglobin · lifesaving · recipient · crossmatch · antibodies · clotting · centrifuge · phlebotomy · volunteer
- bloodplasma, platelet, platelets, hemoglobin, RBC