donor card


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donor card

n.
A card, usually carried on one's person, authorizing the use of one's bodily organs for transplantation in the event of one's death.
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donor card

n
(Medicine) a card carried by a person to show that the bodily organs specified on it may be used for transplants after the person's death
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.donor card - a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death
identity card, card - a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in"
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Translations
donorkártya

donor card

n → Organspenderausweis m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

donor card

n → tessera di donatore di organi → tessera dell'A.I.D.O.
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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