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lifeblood

[lahyf-bluhd] / ˈlaɪfˌblʌd /




NOUN
whole blood
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Lifeblood has been working with Australia's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research to grow anti-D antibodies in the lab by replicating blood and immune cells from Harrison and other donors.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

There are fewer than 200 anti-D donors in Australia, but they help an estimated 45,000 mothers and their babies every year, according to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, also known as Lifeblood.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

Testing and quarantining requirements prompted by the outbreak, combined with the holiday season, were creating a “perfect storm” of cancellations, said Red Cross Lifeblood donor center network head Cath Stone.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2021

A Town’s Lifeblood The power and profits of the medical device industry are on display here in Warsaw, which has trademarked itself the Orthopedic Capital of the World.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2013

A Restored Louisiana Plantation and Its Lifeblood WALLACE, La. — John Cummings is restoring a 1790s plantation house as a museum, but he hopes that future visitors will spend only a few minutes there.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2013




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