BLOOD GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood group mean? 

• BLOOD GROUP (noun)
  The noun BLOOD GROUP has 1 sense:

1. human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens

  Familiarity information: BLOOD GROUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD GROUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

blood group; blood type

Hypernyms ("blood group" is a kind of...):

blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood group"):

A; group A; type A (the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen)

B; group B; type B (the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen)

AB; group AB; type AB (the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens)

group O; O; type O (the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens)

Rh-positive blood type; Rh positive (the blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen))

Rh-negative blood; Rh-negative blood type; Rh negative (the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen))

 Context examples 

A blood group indicating the presence on erythrocytes of both the A and B forms of the H Antigen.

(Blood Group AB, NCI Thesaurus)

Individuals with group A blood are more vulnerable to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacterial infections than people with other blood groups, says a new study.

(People with type A blood at most risk of severe diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)

A blood group indicating the presence on erythrocytes of only the B form of the H Antigen.

(Blood Group B, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood group indicating the absence on erythrocytes of both the A and B forms of the H Antigen.

(Blood Group O, NCI Thesaurus)

Polymorphisms in the gene are the basis for the Duffy blood group types.

(DARC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

By structure CA 19-9 is related to the Lewis blood group antigens.

(CA19-9 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

A procedure to manufacture blood group antigens or cellular reagents for donor and recipient typing of blood or organs.

(Antigen Reagent Production, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood group indicating the presence on erythrocytes of only the A form of the H Antigen.

(Blood Group A, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood group system based on recognition of inherited differences in the H antigen as expressed on erythrocytes.

(ABO Blood Group, NCI Thesaurus)

The blood type is the genetic phenotype of the individual for one blood group system and may be determined using different antisera available for testing.

(Blood Type, NCI Thesaurus)