donor

donor /do·nor/ (do´ner)

1. an organism that supplies living tissue to be used in another body, as a person who furnishes blood for transfusion, or an organ for transplantation.

2. a substance or compound that contributes part of itself to another substance (acceptor).

---

universal donor  a person whose blood is type O in the ABO blood group system; such blood is sometimes used in emergency transfusion.

---

do·nor (dnr)

n.

1. One from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for use in a transfusion or transplant.

2. A chemical compound that can transfer an atom, a radical, or a particle to an acceptor.

---

Donor

A healthy person who contributes bone marrow for transplantation.

Mentioned in: Bone Marrow Transplantation, Heart Transplantation

---

donor

[dō′nər]

Etymology: L, donare, to give

1 a human or other organism that gives living tissue to be used in another body, for example, blood for transfusion or a kidney for transplantation.

2 a substance or compound that gives part of itself to another substance. Compare acceptor. See also universal donor.

---

donor

1. an organism that supplies living tissue to be used in another body, as an animal which furnishes blood for transfusion, or an organ for transplantation.

2. a substance or compound that contributes part of itself to another substance (acceptor).

---

donor

The giver of a tissue, an organ, blood or blood products; in the usual parlance, an altruistic person who contributes blood products, often regularly. See Anencephalic organ donor, Oxydonor, Universal donor.