DONOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Person who makes a gift of property

Synonyms:

bestower; conferrer; donor; giver; presenter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

benefactor; helper (a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help))

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

abnegator (one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something)

almsgiver (a person who gives alms)

Indian giver (an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you)

altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)

settlor; trustor ((law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee)

contributor; subscriber (someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money)

subsidiser; subsidizer (someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy)

tipper (a person who leaves a tip)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

benefactor; helper (a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help))

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

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

blood donor (someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions)

organ donor (someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation)

Credits

Context examples:

A graft transferred from a donor of one species to a recipient of the same species but different genetic makeup.

(Allograft, NCI Thesaurus)

These antigens vary from person to person, and human leukocyte antigen tests are done before organ transplantation to find out if tissues match between a donor and a recipient.

(MHC Class II Protein, NCI Dictionary)

In the direct pathway, recipient T cells react to intact allogeneic MHC molecules expressed on the surface of donor cells.

(Allograft Rejection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Acting as a methyl donor, methionine C 11 is incorporated into macromolecules, where it serves as a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent for detecting tumors with high rates of protein synthesis.

(Methionine C 11, NCI Thesaurus)

Alloimmunization is an immune response to foreign (donor) antigens.

(Alloimmunization, NCI Thesaurus)

Donor T-cell therapy may help control transplant-related infections following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

(Allogeneic T-Lymphocytes BPX-501, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure in which a person receives blood-forming stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) from a genetically similar, but not identical, donor.

(Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, NCI Dictionary)

A non-profit organization based in Minneapolis, MN, that facilitates hematopoietic cell transplants for patients by connecting patients, doctors, donors and researchers to the resources they need.

(National Marrow Donor Program, NCI Thesaurus)

Allogeneic natural killer cell line MG4101 is derived from cells of a normal, healthy donor upon leukapheresis and activation.

(Allogeneic Natural Killer Cell Line MG4101, NCI Thesaurus)

Molecular hydrogen is an especially good electron donor.