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nounperson who makes a gift of propertytype of:
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noun(medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)type of:
Definition that contains donor
- host (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor
- transplant an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
- transplant place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
- transplant (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
- graft place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
- graft (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
- transplantation an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
- allograft tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft
- disinheritance the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
- cy pres a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible