blood bank
noun
: a place where blood is stored so that it later can be given to people who are ill or injured
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Previously the location of a Stein Mart department store, the market is in a shopping center that also includes a Hobby Lobby, an Italian restaurant and a blood bank.
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Annie Palmer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
The first-ever blood bank in Nepal remained standing to this date after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Kathmandu in 2015, a solid proof that speaks about the architecture firm’s capacity to build strong and sustainable infrastructure.
—Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Indeed, the nonprofit blood bank, which serves and collaborates on research with hundreds of hospitals, in 2022 invested an undisclosed amount in KaloCyte.
—Byandrew Zaleski, science.org, 3 July 2024
The patient tested positive for AIDS and had recently received a transfusion from a blood bank.
—Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
Choosing to donate your baby's cord blood to a public cord blood bank is a fantastic idea.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 12 Nov. 2023
The man running the blood bank tried to barricade the doors; he was shot through the heart.
—Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
On Friday, the blue Dodge Challenger investigators believe was used in the inmate escape was found abandoned in the parking lot of a blood bank in Macon, Ga, according to a press release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
There was no incident to respond to Monday night at the synagogue, but Herbst — a senior paramedic with Israel’s national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service — was teaching others how to save each other and themselves after a mass shooting or other type of attack.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2023
Annie Palmer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
The first-ever blood bank in Nepal remained standing to this date after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Kathmandu in 2015, a solid proof that speaks about the architecture firm’s capacity to build strong and sustainable infrastructure.
—Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Indeed, the nonprofit blood bank, which serves and collaborates on research with hundreds of hospitals, in 2022 invested an undisclosed amount in KaloCyte.
—Byandrew Zaleski, science.org, 3 July 2024
The patient tested positive for AIDS and had recently received a transfusion from a blood bank.
—Meaghan Tobin, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
Choosing to donate your baby's cord blood to a public cord blood bank is a fantastic idea.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 12 Nov. 2023
The man running the blood bank tried to barricade the doors; he was shot through the heart.
—Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
On Friday, the blue Dodge Challenger investigators believe was used in the inmate escape was found abandoned in the parking lot of a blood bank in Macon, Ga, according to a press release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
There was no incident to respond to Monday night at the synagogue, but Herbst — a senior paramedic with Israel’s national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service — was teaching others how to save each other and themselves after a mass shooting or other type of attack.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2023
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blood bank
noun
: a place for storage of or an institution storing blood or plasma
also
: blood so stored
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