donor card

donor card
noun
a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death
• Hypernyms: ↑card, ↑identity card

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a signed and witnessed card, meant to be carried in a wallet, purse, etc., specifying a person's wish to offer body organs or parts for transplantation or scientific use in case of death.

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donor card noun
A card carried by a person willing to have (sometimes specified) parts of his or her body used in transplant surgery in the event of his or her death
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Main Entry: ↑donation

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donor card UK US noun [countable] [singular donor card plural donor cards]
a card that you keep with you giving permission for your organs to be used after you die to help someone else
Thesaurus: transplant operations and blood and organ donationhyponym

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donor card,
a card designating which organs may be used in transplant surgery upon the bearer's death: »

If a person carries a donor card…that should overrule any objections by the coroner unless there is a reason, such as damage to the body, why the organ should not be used (London Times).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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