bank

(bangk)

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[Italian banca, counter, (money changer's) table]

1. In medicine and biology, a stored supply of body fluids or tissues for use in another individual, as of blood, eyes, kidneys, or tissue.
2. A facility where such fluid or tissue is stored.

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