- peripheral blood
- blood obtained from acral areas, or from the circulation remote from the heart, as from earlobe, fingertip, or heel pad (in a child), or from the antecubital vein; the blood in the systemic circulation.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
peripheral blood
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