| 单词 | eye bank |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseye bank eye bank n. originally U.S. a place where human corneas are stored for use in transplantation. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > other spec. peltry?c1475 apple loft1569 root cellar1767 cake house1789 bottle store1829 nitre-tank1877 blood bank1936 eye bank1938 tissue-bank1968 1938 Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman 21 June 1/3 A proposal for an ‘eye-bank’—to store donated eyes for sight-restoring operations similar to the method used in preserving blood for transfusion—was discussed in Philadelphia medical circles today. 1959 Times 13 Mar. 15/2 A foetal tissue bank is being established at the Royal Marsden Hospital, comparable to the eye banks. 2006 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 2 July 37/1 Eye surgeons have been told the Eye Bank, at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, can no longer supply eye tissue for transplants. < as lemmas |
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