| 单词 | universal recipient |
| 释义 | > as lemmasuniversal recipient universal recipient n. Medicine a person who belongs to group AB of the ABO blood group system, and can (in theory) receive blood from any of the other groups; cf. universal donor n.After the discovery of other blood group systems, the usefulness of the concepts of universal recipient and donor became limited. ΚΠ 1922 G. Keynes Blood Transfusion iv. 72 Individuals of Groups I and IV have therefore been named ‘universal recipients’ and ‘universal donors’ respectively. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxiii. 589 The AB group (Moss I.) serum contains no agglutinin, and hence cannot agglutinate any type of red cell; the individual is therefore called a universal recipient. 2001 L. White Found. Nursing x. xxxiii. 776/1 The terms universal recipient and universal donor are only theoretical because during blood transfusion, blood incompatibilities can occur because of the other types of antigens. < as lemmas |
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