blood bank

noun

A place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored for use in transfusions.

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Meanings

nounblood bank (plural blood banks)

plural blood banks

  1. medicineA place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored for use in transfusions.
  2. medicineThe range of such blood products stored.

Translations

Catalan banc de sang
  • banc de sangplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Chinese Mandarin 血庫 /血库
  • 血庫 /血库 (xuèkù)place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Danish blodbank
  • blodbankplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Dutch bloedbank
  • bloedbankplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Finnish veripankki
  • veripankkiplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
French banque du sang
  • banque du sangplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
German Blutbank
  • Blutbankplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Hebrew בנק דם
  • בנק דםplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Hungarian vérbank
  • vérbankplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Icelandic blóðbanki
  • blóðbankiplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Irish banc fola
  • banc folaplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Italian banca del sangue
  • banca del sangueplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Japanese 血液銀行
  • 血液銀行 (ketsuekiginkō)place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Korean 혈액은행
  • 혈액은행 (hyeoraegeunhaeng)place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Norwegian Bokmål blodbank
  • blodbankplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Polish bank krwi
  • bank krwiplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Portuguese banco de sangue
  • banco de sangueplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Russian банк кро́ви
  • банк кро́ви (bank króvi)place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Spanish banco de sangre
  • banco de sangreplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Swedish blodbank
  • blodbankplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Tagalog bangko ng dugo
  • bangko ng dugoplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Turkish kan bankası
  • kan bankasıplace where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored
Cite this entry
APA

blood bank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20bank

MLA

“blood bank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20bank. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blood bank,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20bank.

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