| 单词 | universal donor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasuniversal donor universal donor n. Medicine a person who belongs to group O of the ABO blood group system, and can (in theory) donate blood to any of the other groups; cf. universal recipient n.After the discovery of other blood group systems, the usefulness of the concepts of universal donor and recipient became limited. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > [noun] > blood group > specific > donor of universal donor1920 1920 Lancet 5 June 1217/1 Some operators have preferred to use a donor of the same group as the recipient rather than a member of Group IV., the so-called ‘universal donors’. 1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) x. 131 The corpuscles of a group O person do not possess either agglutinogen and are therefore not agglutinated by any serum; these persons have consequently been termed ‘universal donors’, as their blood can generally be transfused into other individuals without any harmful effects. 2006 Fluids & Electrolytes: 2-in-1 Ref. for Nurses xx. 283 In an emergency, when waiting for a crossmatch would be inadvisable, blood from a universal donor or plasma volume expanders may be given. < as lemmas |
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