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

And for a sequence where a strapped-for-cash Valentina visits a blood bank for the first time, they ran into a group of Spanish-speaking people who encouraged her to not be afraid.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

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

Some proponents have argued that prescreening is enough—that blood obtained from a walking blood bank during an emergency shouldn’t have to be screened at the time of donation if a donor recently tested negative.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

Mudather died the next morning because the hospital's blood bank had been decimated by a long power outage and he could not get the transfusion he needed.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

That’s also what he calls politics and what happened to Mr. Earl after he broke into the Jackson blood bank.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas