whole blood

1. 1.

   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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Questions about whole blood

What does whole blood mean?

whole blood means "blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant".

Is whole blood a common word?

whole blood is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.