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ABO blood group system

ABO blood group system

3.4
A system dividing human blood into A, B, AB and O groups by A and B substances on red cells
  • noun
  • /ˈeɪˈbiˈoʊ blʌd ɡruːp ˈsɪstəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sistema de grupos sanguíneos ABO
  • Doctors must determine a patient's ABO blood group system type before surgery.

Examples

  • The ABO blood group system is crucial for blood transfusions.

  • The discovery of the ABO blood group system revolutionized modern medicine.

  • Accurate knowledge of the ABO blood group system is essential for safe blood transfusions.

  • Doctors must understand the ABO blood group system to ensure patient safety.

  • Doctors need to know your ABO blood group system before performing a transfusion.

  • The ABO blood group system is crucial for matching blood donors with recipients.

  • People with type O in the ABO blood group system are often called universal donors.

Synonyms

blood group
vsABO blood group system
  • Specialized
2 3.2

A set of blood types people inherit from their parents that shows which blood they can receive

focuses specifically on A and B antigens and four defined groups
ABO system
vsABO blood group system
  • Specialized
3.4

A way to divide human blood into four groups called A, B, AB, and O

is the longer, more formal name that specifies the bodily fluid context
ABO group
vsABO blood group system
  • Specialized
3.7

A system that divides blood into A, B, AB, and O by A and B proteins on red blood cells

is the fuller formal name rather than the short label

Surface Forms

ABO blood group system singular
ABO blood group systems plural

Morphology

ABO + blood + group + system

The phrase 'blood group system' is directly compositional — a system for classifying blood into groups — and this compositional logic is cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows 'blood', 'group', and 'system' can infer the general idea. However, 'ABO' is a technical acronym referring to specific antigen-based types (A, B, AB, O) that a learner who only knows the surface words may not fully understand, so the label adds specialized, non-transparent information.

Etymology

ABO blood group system was named for the A and B markers doctors found on red blood cells. When Karl Landsteiner saw some people's blood clump together, he realised there were four main 'types'—A, B, AB and O—so the name explains why we sort and match blood by these groups today.