blood supply

English

Noun

blood supply (countable and uncountable, plural blood supplies)

1. Donated blood which is stored in a blood bank.

   The local blood drive will replenish the area's blood supply.

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

   Synonym: circulation

   • 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.

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

• Polish: ukrwienie (pl) n
• Russian: кровоснабже́ние (ru) n (krovosnabžénije)
• Ukrainian: кровопоста́чання n (krovopostáčannja)

References

• “blood supply”, in Collins English Dictionary.