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Definition of Organ donor
1. Noun. Someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation.
Definition of Organ donor
1. Noun. A person (living or dead) from whom an organ is removed in order to be transplanted into another person. ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly US slang) A motorcyclist, especially one who does not wear a protective helmet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Organ Donor
Literary usage of Organ donor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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