give blood
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To give blood is to donate blood for medical use—transfusions, surgeries, or emergency care.
Blood banks and hospitals depend on volunteers who give blood regularly.
I try to give blood every few months.
The phrase can also work figuratively for extreme sacrifice or effort: She'd give blood for that team.
One who contributes freely
- red crossScarlet-colored perpendicular marking
- phlebotomyExtracting blood medically
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- veinVessel toward heart
plasma · platelets · screening · registration · clinic · volunteer · tourniquet · gauze
Readiness to give freely
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
kindness · civic duty · community service · solidarity · goodwill · humanitarianism · empathy · helpfulness
Transfer of blood intravenously
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- accidentUnintended harmful event
critical care · recipient · patient · anemia · cancer treatment · sickle cell · thalassemia · hemophilia
Erythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- crossmatchBlood compatibility verification
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- antibodiesProteins targeting pathogens
- serologyStudy of blood antibodies
anticoagulant · centrifuge · collection · apheresis · typing · testing
donor
One who contributes freely
- red crossScarlet-colored perpendicular marking
- phlebotomyExtracting blood medically
- needlePointed implement for sewing
vein · plasma · platelets · screening · registration · clinic · volunteer · tourniquet · gauze · syringe
generosity
Readiness to give freely
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- compassionConcern for others' distress
volunteerism · kindness · civic duty · community service · solidarity · goodwill · humanitarianism · empathy · helpfulness · gratitude
transfusion
Transfer of blood intravenously
accident · critical care · recipient · patient · anemia · cancer treatment · sickle cell · thalassemia · hemophilia · leukemia
hemoglobin
Erythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- crossmatchBlood compatibility verification
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- antibodiesProteins targeting pathogens
serology · anticoagulant · centrifuge · collection · apheresis · typing · testing