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Donor

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Noun

1. bestower, conferrer, donor, giver, presenter

person who makes a gift of property

2. donor

(medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)

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Donor

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noun
1. 
a person who makes a donation
2. medicine
any person who voluntarily gives blood, skin, a kidney, etc, for use in the treatment of another person
3. law
a. 
a person who makes a gift of property
b. 
a person who bestows upon another a power of appointment over property
4. 
the atom supplying both electrons in a coordinate bond
5. 
an impurity, such as antimony or arsenic, that is added to a semiconductor material in order to increase its n-type conductivity by contributing free electrons
Compare acceptor (sense 2)

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Donor

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noun
1. 
a person who donates; giver
2. 
one from whom blood for transfusion, tissue for grafting, etc. is taken
3. 
an atom that contributes a pair of electrons to another atom to form a covalent bond with it

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Donor

see synonyms of donor
n.
1. One that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund.
2. Medicine An individual from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.
3. Chemistry An atom, molecule, or ion that provides a part to combine with an acceptor, especially an atom that provides two electrons to form a bond with another atom.
4. Electronics An element introduced into a semiconductor with a negative valence greater than that of the pure semiconductor.
adj.
Medicine Used for transfusion, implantation, or transplant: a donor organ.

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