blood donation

noun

The act or process of donating one's blood for use in a transfusion or other medical treatment.

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Meanings

nounblood donation (countable and uncountable, plural blood donations)

plural blood donations

  1. countableuncountableThe act or process of donating one's blood for use in a transfusion or other medical treatment.

Translations

Bulgarian кръводаря́ване
  • кръводаря́ване (krăvodarjávane)donating one's blood
Chinese Mandarin 獻血 /献血
  • 獻血 /献血 (xiànxuè)donating one's blood
Dutch bloeddonatie, bloedgift
  • bloeddonatiedonating one's blood
  • bloedgiftdonating one's blood
Finnish verenluovutus
  • verenluovutusdonating one's blood
French don de sang
  • don de sangdonating one's blood
German Blutspende
  • Blutspendedonating one's blood
Greek αιμοδοσία
  • αιμοδοσία (aimodosía)donating one's blood
Hindi रक्तदान
  • रक्तदान (raktadān)donating one's blood
Hungarian véradás
  • véradásdonating one's blood
Japanese 献血
  • 献血 (kenketsu)donating one's blood
Korean 헌혈
  • 헌혈 (heonhyeol)donating one's blood
Lithuanian kraujo donorystė
  • kraujo donorystėdonating one's blood
Polish krwiodawstwo
  • krwiodawstwodonating one's blood
Portuguese doação de sangue
  • doação de sanguedonating one's blood
Spanish hemodonación
  • hemodonacióndonating one's blood
Swahili uchangiaji damu
  • uchangiaji damudonating one's blood
Swedish blodgivning
  • blodgivningdonating one's blood
Turkish kan bağışı
  • kan bağışıdonating one's blood
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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