[ad_1] noun
- a person who gives or donates.
- Medicine/Medical. a person or animal providing blood, an organ, bone marrow cells, or other biological tissue for transfusion or transplantation: sperm donor; organ donor.
- Law. a person who gives property by gift, legacy, or devise, or who confers a power of appointment.
adjective
- of or relating to the biological tissue of a donor: donor organ.
noun
- a person who makes a donation
- med any person who voluntarily gives blood, skin, a kidney etc, for use in the treatment of another person
- law
- a person who makes a gift of property
- a person who bestows upon another a power of appointment over property
- the atom supplying both electrons in a coordinate bond
- 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 electronsCompare acceptor (def. 2)
mid-15c., from Anglo-French donour, Old French doneur (Modern French donneur), from Latin donatorem (nominative donator) “giver, donor,” agent noun from past participle stem of donare “give as a gift” (see donation). Of blood, from 1910; of organs or tissues, from 1918.
n.
- One from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for use in a transfusion or transplant.
- A chemical compound that can transfer an atom, a radical, or a particle to an acceptor.
- An atom or molecule that releases one or more electrons to another atom or molecule, resulting in a chemical bond or flow of electric current. Compare acceptor. See also electron carrier.
- An individual from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.