WHOLE BLOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whole blood mean? 

• WHOLE BLOOD (noun)
  The noun WHOLE BLOOD has 1 sense:

1. blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant

  Familiarity information: WHOLE BLOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHOLE BLOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Context example:

whole blood is normally used in blood transfusions

Hypernyms ("whole blood" is a kind of...):

blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)

 Context examples 

The amount of whole blood that is made up of red blood cells.

(HCT, NCI Dictionary)

Whole blood or any of the components into which it can be separated.

(Blood and Blood Products, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure in which a person is given an infusion of whole blood or parts of blood.

(Blood transfusion, NCI Dictionary)

The injection of whole blood or a blood component directly into the bloodstream.

(Blood transfusion, NCI Thesaurus)

The percentage of a whole blood specimen that is composed of red blood cells (erythrocytes).

(Hematocrit Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The intravenous administration of red blood cells (whole blood without the plasma) into an individual.

(Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion, NCI Thesaurus)

A plasma sample that is prepared from whole blood, which has undergone a number of centrifugation steps to decrease the amount of platelets.

(Platelet-poor Plasma, NCI Thesaurus)

A plasma sample that is prepared from whole blood, which has undergone a number of centrifugation steps to concentrate the amount of platelets.

(Platelet-rich Plasma, NCI Thesaurus)

The plasma that is separated from the whole blood and frozen quickly after a blood donation in order to be used for blood transfusions.

(Fresh Frozen Plasma, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the number of platelets in a blood sample, usually expressed as platelets per cubic millimeter (cmm) of whole blood.

(Platelet Count, NCI Thesaurus)