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donor definition

do·nor (dō′nər, -nôr′)

noun

  1. a person who donates; giver
  2. one from whom blood for transfusion, tissue for grafting, etc. is taken
  3. an atom that contributes a pair of electrons to another atom to form a covalent bond with it

Etymology: ME & Anglo-Fr donour < L donator

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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