organ donor

See also: organdonor

English

Noun

organ donor (plural organ donors)

A person (living or dead) from whom an organ is removed in order to be transplanted into another person.
(chiefly US, slang) A motorcyclist, especially one who does not wear a protective helmet.
- 2006, Bill Lankhof, Head Case, Slam! Sports (Canada), 14 Jun. (retrieved 21 Aug. 2008),
  Wearing a motorcycle helmet is optional in Pennsylvania, but that's no reason for Ben Roethlisberger to go out and practise his organ donor technique.

Related terms

organ donation

Translations

person from whom an organ is removed

Danish: organdonor (da) c
Finnish: elimenluovuttaja, elintenluovuttaja
German: Organspender (de) m, Organspenderin (de) f
Japanese: ドナー (ja) (donā)

Portuguese: doador de órgãos m
Russian: до́нор (dónor) органов (organov) (dónor órganov) m
Swedish: donator (sv) c, organdonator c

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