1) Blood product 2) Transfusion medicine
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Whole blood is a term used in transfusion medicine for human blood from a standard blood donation. The blood is typically combined with an anticoagulant during the collection process, but is generally otherwise unprocessed. In the US, the capitalized `Whole Blood` means a specific standardized product for transfusion or further processing, where.....
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(from the article `therapeutics`) Whole blood transfusions are infrequently used because most transfusions only require one or more specific blood components. Whole blood, which ...
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<haematology> Blood that has not been separated into its various components. ... (13 Nov 1997) ...
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that from which none of the elements has been removed, sometimes specifically that drawn from a selected donor under aseptic conditions, containing citrate ion or heparin, and used as a blood replenisher.
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Descended from the same pair of ancestors
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. blood drawn from a selected donor under rigid aseptic precautions; contains citrate ion or heparin as an anticoagulant; used as a blood replenisher.
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n] - blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant
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noun blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant; `whole blood is normally used in blood transfusions`
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Blood that contains all its elements, e.g. white and red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and so on. Whole blood is usually used for blood transfusions.
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