universal recipient

1. 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.

2. See also blood type

Example Sentences

Once the universal donor, it’s now the universal recipient.

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It is the universal recipient, reservoir of germs of life, and mould of transformations.

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