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donor

[doh-ner] / ˈdoʊ nər /


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Patients may be exposed to EBV through donor organs that carry a latent form of the virus.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

The high-risk procedure normally requires a donor to have a specific mutation of their CCR5 gene, which blocks HIV from entering the body's cells.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The donor said her husband, whose picture is in the cockpit of the Endeavour, would have been very proud — if a little embarrassed — that his name is on the new building.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The Internal Revenue Service allows the donor to write off a donation to a charitable organization — in this case, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

I’d be talking to a donor or a carer and they’d bring it up in passing, like they expected me to know all about it.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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