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Polish
Etymology
From brać + -ca. First attested in 1932.
Pronunciation
Noun
biorca m pers
- (medicine) recipient (one who receives an organ or transfusion)
- Hypernym: pacjent
- Coordinate terms: dawca, donator
- konkretny biorca ― specific recipient
- określony biorca ― specified recipient
- potencjalny biorca ― potential recipient
- biorca przeszczepu ― transplant recipient
- biorca krwi ― blood recipient
- biorca szpiku ― marrow recipient
- biorca wątroby ― liver recipient
- biorca nerek ― kidney recipient
- biorca organów ― organ recipient
- dawca i biorca ― donor and recipient
- organizm biorcy ― recipient('s) organism
- komórki biorcy ― recipient cells
- lista biorców ― list of recipients'
- (literary) taker, recipient, receiver (one who receives)
- Coordinate terms: dawca, ofiarodawca
- (psychology) taker (person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives)
- Coordinate term: dawca
Declension
References
- ^ Lekarz wojskowy (in Polish), 1932, page 890
Further reading
- biorca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- biorca in Polish dictionaries at PWN