organ donor

organ donor

See also: organdonor

English

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.
2. (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