"organ donor" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-organ donor.ogg [Australia] Forms: organ donors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} organ donor (plural organ donors)
  1. A person (living or dead) from whom an organ is removed in order to be transplanted into another person. Related terms: organ donation, blood donor Translations (person from whom an organ is removed): organdonor [common-gender] (Danish), orgaandonor [masculine] (Dutch), elimenluovuttaja (Finnish), elintenluovuttaja (Finnish), donneur d’organes [masculine] (French), Organspender [masculine] (German), Organspenderin [feminine] (German), ドナー (donā) (Japanese), dawca narządów [masculine] (Polish), doador de órgãos [masculine] (Portuguese), до́нор о́рганов (dónor órganov) [masculine] (Russian), donator [common-gender] (Swedish), organdonator [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-organ_donor-en-noun-t-yvwglR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'person from whom an organ is removed': 91 9
  2. (chiefly US, slang) A motorcyclist, especially one who does not wear a protective helmet. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-organ_donor-en-noun-L7FlrlEI Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Inflected forms

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