BLOOD TYPE
Dictionary entry overview: What does blood type mean?
• BLOOD TYPE (noun)
The noun BLOOD TYPE has 1 sense:
1. human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens
Familiarity information: BLOOD TYPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLOOD TYPE (noun)
Meaning:
Human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
blood group; blood type
Hypernyms ("blood type" is a kind of...):
blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood type"):
A; group A; type A (the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen)
B; group B; type B (the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen)
AB; group AB; type AB (the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens)
group O; O; type O (the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens)
Rh positive; Rh-positive blood type (the blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen))
Rh negative; Rh-negative blood; Rh-negative blood type (the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen))
