donor
donor
Definition
do·nor (dō′nər, -nôr′)
noun
- a person who donates; giver
- one from whom blood for transfusion, tissue for grafting, etc. is taken
- 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
donor
Synonyms
donor
n.
donor
Law Definition
n
- The maker of a gift.
- One who creates a trust. See also settlor.
donor
Usage Examples
Possessives
- wish: Community foundations ' grant-making programs vary according to donors ' wishes and the needs of the communities they serve.
Converse of object
- recruit: Do you have the marketing skills to be able to help us to recruit more donors?
Adjective modifier
- bilateral: France, Germany, the US and Japan account for almost three quarters of all TC given by bilateral donors.
- unrelated: Four patients had allogeneic stem cell transplants, 3 from siblings and 1 from a matched unrelated donor.
- anonymous: Would I be able to use the same anonymous donor again?
- cadaveric: Despite a small rise in the number of cadaveric organ donors during 2000, the total number of organ transplants fell by 1 % .
- multilateral: This was usually at the initiative of bilateral and multilateral donors who followed their own procedures.
- nitric: It has been well established that nitric oxide donors such as glyceryl trinitrate ( GTN ) can induce a reversible chemical sphincterotomy.
Modifies a noun
- insemination: Whether through a straight relationship, donor insemination, adoption or fostering?
- sperm: We maintain a donor sperm bank of the highest quality.
- transplant: This procedure has the potential of increasing the number of living donor transplant operations by one-third to one-half.
- anonymity: For donors: What does the lifting of donor anonymity mean for you?
- lymphocyte: Pre- emptive treatment by donor lymphocyte infusions has often been effective.
- transplantation: One of the reasons why live donor kidney transplantation is so successful is because the CIT is only one to two hours long.
Noun used with modifier
- sperm: DJ Tim Shaw to announce he would become a regular sperm donor.
- marrow: We must not lose sight of the fact, however, that there are not enough bone marrow donors, full stop.
- organ: However, under 1 % of organ donors are black.
- apheresis: In addition the following criteria should be observed for apheresis donors: first-time donors should be aged 18-60 years.
- blood: A blood stem cell donor whose tissue type matches theirs could mean the difference between life & death.
- gamete: This is the first time that the UK government has put resources behind a national program to recruit gamete donors.
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