noun
human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens
• Syn: ↑blood group
• Hypernyms: ↑blood
• Hyponyms:
↑A, ↑type A, ↑group A, ↑B, ↑type B, ↑group B, ↑AB, ↑type AB, ↑group AB, ↑O, ↑type O, ↑group O, ↑Rh-positive blood type, ↑Rh positive, ↑Rh-negative blood type, ↑Rh-negative blood, ↑Rh negative
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blood type noun
Blood group
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Main Entry: ↑blood
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Thesaurus: heart, blood and circulationhyponym
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blood type,
= blood group. (Cf. ↑blood group)
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n. another term for blood group
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noun, pl ⋯ types [count]
chiefly US : one of the eight different blood categories into which humans are separated
◇ These categories of blood are labeled A, B, AB, or O and each of these is either Rh-positive or Rh-negative.
Her blood type is B negative.
— called also blood group
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= ↑blood group
Useful english dictionary. 2012.