blood supply

blood supply

English

Noun

blood supply (plural blood supplies)

1. Donated blood which is stored in a blood bank.

   The local blood drive will replenish the area's blood supply.

2. The volume of blood flowing to part of the body over a particular time period.
   • 2010, Lois White, Gena Duncan, Wendy Baumle, Foundations of Adult Health Nursing, page 137:

     Treatment for angina includes measures to increase the blood supply to the affected area.

Synonyms

• circulation

Translations

volume of blood flowing to part of the body over a particular time period

Belarusian: кро́вазабеспячэ́нне n (króvazabjespjačénnje) Chinese: Mandarin: 血運／血运 (xuèyùn) Czech: prokrvení n Finnish: verenvirtaus German: Blutversorgung f Hungarian: vérellátás (hu) Norwegian: Bokmål: blodtilførsel m Nynorsk: blodtilførsel m Russian: кровоснабже́ние (ru) n (krovosnabžénije) Ukrainian: кровопоста́чання n (krovopostáčannja)

References

• “blood supply”, in Collins English Dictionary.