whole blood
Unseparated circulatory fluid
Whole blood is blood drawn from a donor that hasn't been separated into its components—red cells, plasma, platelets.
Blood banks typically process donations into components for targeted transfusions, but whole blood remains useful for massive hemorrhage when patients need everything at once: The trauma center keeps whole blood on hand for emergencies.
Oxygen-carrying blood cells
- leukocytesImmune cells in blood
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
serum · white cells · red cells · clotting factors · antibodies · fibrinogen · albumin · immunoglobulins
Extracting blood medically
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- tourniquetCompression band stopping hemorrhage
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- donorOne who contributes freely
vein · anticoagulant · screening · sterile · centrifuge · processing · storage · refrigeration
Electrified matter state
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- crossmatchBlood compatibility verification
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- antigensImmunity-triggering foreign substances
Rh factor · donor · recipient · intravenous · transfusion reaction · infusion · hemolysis · immunoglobulins
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- hematocritRed cell volume fraction
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- analysisMethodical study of parts
erythrocytes
Oxygen-carrying blood cells
- leukocytesImmune cells in blood
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- plasmaElectrified matter state
hemoglobin · serum · white cells · red cells · clotting factors · antibodies · fibrinogen · albumin · immunoglobulins · electrolytes
phlebotomy
Extracting blood medically
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- tourniquetCompression band stopping hemorrhage
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
donor · vein · anticoagulant · screening · sterile · centrifuge · processing · storage · refrigeration · expiration
plasma
Electrified matter state
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- crossmatchBlood compatibility verification
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
antigens · Rh factor · donor · recipient · intravenous · transfusion reaction · infusion · hemolysis · immunoglobulins · serology
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Canada's public broadcaster
- hematocritRed cell volume fraction
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
analysis · coagulation · anemia · diagnostic
bloodstream
Flow through vessels
- arteriesTubes carrying oxygenated blood
- veinsBlood-return tubes
- capillariesTiniest blood vessels
heart · pulse · flow · oxygenation · perfusion · vessels · vascular · systemic · pumping · oxygen delivery
- Blood Productsplasma, platelets, red cells, packed cells, serum
- bloodplasma, platelet, platelets, hemoglobin, RBC
- blood donationdonor, donation, plasma, platelets, Red Cross
- biological materialstissue, plasma, serum, bone marrow, stem cells
- phlebotomyphlebotomist, vacutainer, tourniquet, lancet, butterfly needle
- Blood Drugsanticoagulant, heparin, warfarin, LMWH, factor Xa
whole bloodplasma
Electrified matter state
serum · platelets · white blood cells · albumin · clotting factors
whole, blood, wholesome, wholly, wholehearted, wholeness, unwholesome, whole-souled