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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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used about a body part that a donor has given

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

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

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

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

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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

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an organ that has been transplanted

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

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

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

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