GROUP O

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does group O mean? 

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

1. the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROUP O (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

group O; O; type O

Context example:

people with type O blood are universal donors

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

blood group; blood type (human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens)

 Context examples 

A measurement of the HIV-1 group O antibody in a biological specimen.

(HIV-1 Group O Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of HIV-1 group O antibody present in a sample.

(HIV-1 Group O Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)