whole blood
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- noun
- /hoʊl blʌd/
- Specialized
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sangre total
- For the CoQl0 analysis, 7 mL of whole blood was collected from a forearm vein.
- a whole blood sample
- ml of whole blood
- whole blood was collected
You have to measure red blood cell magnesium like whole blood and with deficiency.
- You have to measure red blood cell magnesium like whole blood and with deficiency.
Examples
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A coded diagnostic specimen of the patient's whole blood was sent to the RML for identification of the spirochetes.
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Whole-blood transfusion has been the practice until new technologies favored blood-component production.
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Check his vital signs every 15 minutes and replace the iv with units of whole blood.
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Got one of our copters down there picking up whole blood.
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Say our shipment of whole blood will be in sometime tomorrow.
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You know what's holding up our shipment of whole blood?
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Then 300 ml of whole blood was drawn from each pig via a jugular venous cutdown with a large-bore needle.
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During the surgery, the doctor decided to use whole blood to ensure the patient received enough vital fluid.
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In cases of severe trauma, receiving whole blood is crucial for restoring blood volume.
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Many hospitals have a supply of whole blood available for emergency transfusions.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'whole' (complete, entire) + 'blood' yields 'blood in its complete/unaltered form', so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to blood that has not been separated into components. Minor technical details (e.g. anticoagulant) are domain-specific, but the core sense is transparent and cross-linguistically regular.
Etymology
Whole blood means blood taken from the body that is kept whole — all parts together and 'not separated' into pieces. So whole blood is used when a patient needs the complete blood, not just one part.