Donor - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- (medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)
Extra examples
The money was raised from individual donors.
She is one of the charity's major donors.
We urgently need more assistance from donor countries (=countries that give money, food etc to help in poor countries or disaster areas).
An anonymous donor (=whose name is unknown) has given £500 towards the restoration fund.
Some patients die before a suitable donor is found.
The donor wishes to remain anonymous.
...the generous benefaction from an anonymous donor meant the animal shelter could stay open...
She received a bone marrow transplant from an unknown donor.
A donor egg fertilised by her husband's sperm will be implanted in her womb.
In a stroke of luck, a suitable organ donor became available.
...the blood donor started to feel a little woozy after rising too quickly from the cot...
His body rejected the liver of the donor
Word forms
singular: donor
plural: donors
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