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Definition of Organ donor

1. Noun. Someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Organ Donor

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Literary usage of Organ donor

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1. Organ Transplants: How To Boost Supply And Ensure Equitable Distribution Of (2004)
"... at the same hospital as the organ donor, (2) the transplant center claimed for its patients some or all organs procured from their donor hospitals, ..."

2. Report of the Hundred and Seventeenth Round Table on Transport Economics by Ecmt, ECMT Staff, (Bruxelles) Economic Research Centre, SourceOECD (Online service), economics Round table on transport, Economic Research Centre (2001)
"... Anybody killed in an accident is a potential organ donor. The organs from fatal accident victims represent an increase in supply, which could have the ..."

3. Understanding the Immune System by Lydia Woods Schindler (1991)
"Histocompatibility testing relies on antibodies to determine if a potential organ donor and recipient share two or more HLA antigens, and thus are likely to ..."

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