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BLOOD DONOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions
Classified under:
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)