donor

(dō′nŏr )

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[Fr. doneur, fr. L., donator, giver, donor]

1. A person or animal that furnishes blood, tissue, or an organ to be used in another person.
2. In chemistry, a compound that frees part of itself to unite with another compound called an acceptor.

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