UNIVERSAL DONOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does universal donor mean? 

• UNIVERSAL DONOR (noun)
  The noun UNIVERSAL DONOR has 1 sense:

1. a person whose type O Rh-negative blood may be safely transfused into persons with other blood types

  Familiarity information: UNIVERSAL DONOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIVERSAL DONOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person whose type O Rh-negative blood may be safely transfused into persons with other blood types

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("universal donor" is a kind of...):

blood donor (someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions)