UNIVERSAL RECIPIENT Definition & Meaning

universal recipient

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.
See also blood type

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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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