BLOOD DONOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("blood donor" is a kind of...):

donor ((medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood donor"):

universal donor (a person whose type O Rh-negative blood may be safely transfused into persons with other blood types)