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DONOR CARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does donor card mean?
• DONOR CARD (noun)
The noun DONOR CARD has 1 sense:
1. a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death
Familiarity information: DONOR CARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("donor card" is a kind of...):
card; identity card (a card certifying the identity of the bearer)
Context examples
If you are 18 or older you can show you want to be a donor by signing a donor card.
(Organ Donation, Health Resources and Services Administration)
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