organ donor
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈɔrɡən ˈdoʊnər/
:
donante de órganos
- Many people choose to become an organ donor to help those in need after their passing.
- potential organ donors
Quite often we put off becoming an organ donor and saving other people's lives.
- Quite often we put off becoming an organ donor and saving other people's lives.
- We have people who are are dying and they want to be organ donors.
- So so you, you were the benefited from an organ donor when you were very young.
Examples
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But anyone can choose to be an organ donor; there is no age cut-off.
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What does it mean to you to be an organ donor?
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Your wife is an organ donor, and we need to...
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Are you an organ donor?
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It's an organ donor organization.
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We therefore studied 27 organ donors.
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Quite often we put off becoming an organ donor and saving other people's lives.
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Every day, organ donor lists have over 120,000 people on them.
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Consider signing up to be a blood donor, an organ donor, or a marrow donor.
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Despite widespread public recognition of the need for organ donors, there is an acute shortage of vital organs that can be transplanted.
Academic text (1994)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is transparently composed from 'organ' (internal body part) + 'donor' (person who gives), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a person who gives organs. This noun+noun compounding is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern in English, making the expression immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Organ donor combines the words organ, meaning a body part, and donor, a 'giver'. Picture someone giving a kidney or heart to help another person live; that clear image explains why it means 'a person who gives one of their organs', sometimes during life or after death.