blood bank

American  

noun

1. a place where blood or blood plasma is collected, processed, stored, and distributed.

2. such a supply of blood or blood plasma.

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blood bank British  

noun

1. a place where whole blood, blood plasma, or other blood products are stored until required in transfusion

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Etymology

Origin of blood bank

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Every unit of blood issued by the district hospital's blood bank is tested according to government protocol and released only after a negative report, Dr Shukla says.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

And Alexandre’s movie theater, with its bloody spectacles, gets replaced by something very different: a blood bank, a monument to recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

As one director of a hospital blood bank told me, “I personally think the volunteer blood supply is going to collapse in our lifetime.”

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

The plasma came from the hospital’s new community blood bank.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

The clinic provides its patients with state-of-the-art medical technology, including a blood bank that serves much of the central plateau, and a sophisticated lab.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French