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do⋅nor

  [doh-ner]
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–noun
1. a person who gives or donates.
2. Medicine/Medical. a person or animal providing blood, an organ, bone marrow cells, or other biological tissue for transfusion or transplantation.
3. Law. a person who gives property by gift, legacy, or devise, or who confers a power of appointment.
–adjective
4. of or pertaining to the biological tissue of a donor: donor organ.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME donour < AF (OF doneur) < L dōnātor, equiv. to dōnā(re) (see donation ) + -tor -tor

Related forms:
do⋅nor⋅ship, noun

Synonyms:
1. supporter, contributor, sponsor, patron.
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do·nor   (dō'nər)   
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.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman donour, from Latin dōnātor, from dōnāre, to give; see donation.]
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Word Origin & History

donor 
c.1439, from Anglo-Fr. donour, from O.Fr. doneur, from L. donatorem (nom. donator), from donare "give as a gift." Of blood, from 1910; of organs or tissues, from 1918.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: do·nor
Pronunciation: 'dO-n&r, -"nor
Function: noun
: one that gives, donates, grants, or confers something; specifically : SETTLOR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: do·nor
Pronunciation: 'dO-n&r, -"no(&)r
Function: noun
1 : one used as a source of biological material (as blood or anorgan)
2 : a compound capable of giving up a part (as an atom, chemical group, or elementary particle) for combination with an acceptor
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donor do·nor (dō'nər)
n.

  1. One from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for use in a transfusion or transplant.

  2. A chemical compound that can transfer an atom, a radical, or a particle to an acceptor.

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donor   (dō'nər)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. 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.

  2. An individual from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.


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