blood supply

English

Noun

blood supply (plural blood supplies)

Donated blood which is stored in a blood bank.
The local blood drive will replenish the area's blood supply.
The volume of blood flowing to part of the body over a particular time period.
- 2010, Lois White, ‎Gena Duncan, ‎Wendy Baumle, Foundations of Adult Health Nursing, page 137:
  Treatment for angina includes measures to increase the blood supply to the affected area.

Synonyms

circulation

Translations

volume of blood flowing to part of the body over a particular time period

Belarusian: кро́вазабеспячэ́нне n (króvazabjespjačénnje)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 血運, 血运 (xuèyùn)
Czech: prokrvení n
Finnish: verenvirtaus
German: Blutversorgung f

Hungarian: vérellátás (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blodtilførsel m

Nynorsk: blodtilførsel m
Russian: кровоснабже́ние (ru) n (krovosnabžénije)
Ukrainian: кровопоста́чання n (krovopostáčannja)

References

“blood supply” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.

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