Synonyms and antonyms of Transplant operations and blood and organ donation in British Thesaurus

blood bank (noun)

a place where blood is stored so that it can be given to people during medical operations

blood donor (noun)

someone who allows some of their blood to be taken from them so that it can be used in the medical treatment of someone else

donate (verb)

medical to allow blood to be taken from your body for use in blood transfusions

donate (verb)

medical to allow sperm or eggs to be taken from your body and used in fertility treatments for other people

donate (verb)

medical to allow an organ to be taken from your body and used to treat someone else or for medical research

donation (noun)

medical the process of giving blood, sperm, or a part of your body to help someone who needs it

donator (noun)

someone who gives blood, sperm, eggs or a part of their body to be used in the medical treatment of someone else. The usual word is donor.

donor (noun)

medical someone who gives blood, sperm, eggs, or a part of their body to be used in the medical treatment of someone else

donor (noun)

used about a body part that a donor has given

donor card (noun)

a card that you keep with you giving permission for your organs to be used after you die to help someone else

graft (noun)

a piece of skin, bone etc from one part of your body used to replace or repair a damaged part of your body

reject (verb)

medical if someone’s body rejects an organ after a transplant operation, they become ill because their body has a bad reaction to the organ

rejection (noun)

medical the failure of someone’s body to accept a new organ in a transplant operation

transplant (noun)

a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone’s body. The organ is taken from the body of another person, especially someone who has just died, who is called a donor

transplant (noun)

an organ that has been transplanted

transplant (verb)

to take an organ from one person’s body and put it into another person’s body

xenotransplant (noun)

medical a transplant operation in which a part of an animal’s body is put into a person’s body

xenotransplant (noun)

an animal organ that is put into a person’s body as a transplant