synthetic blood
Lab-made blood substitute
Synthetic blood is an artificially manufactured substance designed to perform some or all functions of natural blood, particularly oxygen transport.
The term covers both real medical products—blood substitutes used when transfusions aren't available or compatible—and fictional versions in science fiction and vampire stories: The vampires survived on synthetic blood to avoid harming humans.
In medicine, no true synthetic blood fully replicates human blood, though oxygen-carrying substitutes exist for emergency use.
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
- substituteReplacement for another
- red cellsOxygen-ferrying blood components
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