Blood donor: alternatives and connections

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Blood donor

someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions

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Donor noun · 86% connection

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

Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Word origins, Borrowing and loanwords.

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Organ donor noun · 86% connection

someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation

Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Word origins, Borrowing and loanwords.

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Actinotherapy noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance