universal recipient
Americannoun
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universal recipients
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A person who has group AB blood and is therefore able to receive blood from a person with any other blood type. Group AB blood contains red blood cells that have both antigens A and B and thus does not have reactive antibodies in its plasma to these antigens, which are found in some other blood types.
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See also blood type
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A patient with blood type AB+ is known as the universal recipient.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Once the universal donor, it’s now the universal recipient.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2011
It is the universal recipient, reservoir of germs of life, and mould of transformations.
From Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
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