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tis·sue banks
Definitions related to tissue banks:
  • Centers for acquiring, characterizing, and storing organs or tissue for future use.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (tissue collection) A repository of the tissue specimen, cells or cell lines, for experimental purpose. It can be from different diseases or different parts of the body.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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