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universal recipient

A person who has group AB blood and is therefore able to receive blood from any other group in the ABO system.

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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No references found			org/wiki/Blood_type) According to the above table, people with type O negative blood can give blood to any other blood groups and they are known as universal donors, like life saviours you know; whereas people with type AB positive blood are called universal recipients as they can receive blood from any other blood groups, that is so lucky, don't you think? Simple Blood Type - Issue Two - Explorer RhD and the Hemolytic ... by English Club - FTU - Vietnam / Health, general community			Univariant universal universal agent Universal arithmetic universal beam Universal chuck Universal church universal class universal coupling Universal dial universal donor universal gas constant universal gas law universal grammar universal gravitational constant Universal instrument universal joint Universal Joint Task List Universal lever universal motor universal polar stereographic grid Universal Postal Union Universal Product Code universal proposition universal quantifier universal recipient universal resource locator Universal restoration universal set universal solvent Universal Soul universal suffrage Universal theorem universal time universal transverse mercator grid Universal umbel universal veil Universalian universalise universalism Universalist universalistic universality universalizability universalize universally Universalness universe universe of discourse Universities and Colleges Admissions Service university			Universal Prospect Data Warehouse Universal Protocol Translator Universal Provider Datasource Universal Provider Identifier Number Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council Universal Public School Universal Publishing Production Music Universal Python User Group universal qualifiers Universal Quality Primary Education Universal quantification Universal quantification Universal quantification universal quantifier universal quantifier universal quantifiers universal quantifiers Universal Quantum Cloning Machine Universal quantum computer Universal Quantum Turing Machine Universal quasichemical Functional group Activity Coefficients Universal Radar Moving Target Transponder Universal Radio Group Universal Radio Head Universal Radio Studio Universal Real-Time Behavior Interface universal receiver Universal Receiver Clock universal recipient universal recipients universal recipients universal recipients Universal Record Database Universal Records Universal Records Catalog Universal Recovery Methodology Universal Rectifier Universal Rectifier Segment Universal Reference Grid Universal Referral Form Universal Referral Program Universal Rehabilitation Service Agency Universal Related Popup Menus Universal religion Universal religion universal remedy Universal remote Universal remote Universal Remote Code List Universal Remote Code List Universal Remote Console Communication Protocol Universal remote control Universal remote control Universal Remote Control Receiver Universal Remote Terminal Universal Replacement Auto-Pilot Universal Republic of Love Universal Request Broker Universal Research Archive of Networked Information in Astronomy

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