donor card

donor card
`donor ,card noun count
a card that you keep with you giving permission for your organs to be used after you die to help someone else

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • donor card — donor cards N COUNT A donor card is a card which people carry in order to make sure that, when they die, their organs are used by doctors to help people who are ill …   English dictionary

  • donor card — donor .card n a card that you carry to show that when you die a doctor can take parts of your body to use in the medical treatment of someone else …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • donor card — noun a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death • Hypernyms: ↑card, ↑identity card * * * a signed and witnessed card, meant to be carried in a wallet, purse, etc.,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • donor card — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms donor card : singular donor card plural donor cards a card that you keep with you giving permission for your organs to be used after you die to help someone else …   English dictionary

  • donor card — a signed and witnessed card, meant to be carried in a wallet, purse, etc., specifying a person s wish to offer body organs or parts for transplantation or scientific use in case of death. * * * …   Universalium

  • donor card — noun a card carried to indicate consent to the use of one s organs for transplant surgery in the event of one s death …   English new terms dictionary

  • donor card — /ˈdoʊnə kad/ (say dohnuh kahd) noun a card carried by someone who has given permission for their body to be used for transplant surgery after their death …  

  • donor — noun 1 gives a part of their body ADJECTIVE ▪ blood, bone marrow, egg, kidney, organ, sperm, etc. ▪ potential, prospective …   Collocations dictionary

  • donor — noun (C) 1 a person, group etc that gives something, especially money, to an organization in order to help people: Funding for the clinic has come mostly from private donors. 2 someone who gives a part of their body so that it can be used in the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • donor — n. 1 a person who gives or donates something (e.g. to a charity). 2 one who provides blood for a transfusion, semen for insemination, or an organ or tissue for transplantation. 3 Chem. an atom or molecule that provides a pair of electrons in… …   Useful english dictionary

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