Meanings
nounblood type (plural blood types)
plural blood types
- Any classification of human blood by the presence or absence of various antigens in a person’s red blood cells.
- One of eight possible classifications within the ABO and Rh blood group systems, commonly used to determine a person's compatibility for blood transfusion.
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
nounhuman blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens
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Translations
Afrikaans bloedgroep
- bloedgroepblood classification
Arabic فَصِيلَةُ دَم, فِئَةُ دَم
- فَصِيلَةُ دَم (faṣīlatu dam)blood classification
- فِئَةُ دَم (fiʔatu dam)blood classification
- فَصِيلَةٌ دَمَوِيَّة (faṣīlatun damawiyya)blood classification
Basque odol talde
- odol taldeblood classification
Bengali রক্তের গ্রুপ
- রক্তের গ্রুপ (rokter grup)blood classification
Bulgarian кръ́вна гру́па
- кръ́вна гру́па (krắvna grúpa)blood classification
Catalan grup sanguini
- grup sanguiniblood classification
Chinese Cantonese 血型
- 血型 (hyut³ jing⁴)blood classification
Chinese Mandarin 血型
- 血型 (xuèxíng)blood classification
Czech krevní skupina
- krevní skupinablood classification
Danish blodtype
- blodtypeblood classification
Dutch bloedgroep
- bloedgroepblood classification
Esperanto sangogrupo
- sangogrupoblood classification
Estonian veregrupp
- veregruppblood classification
Finnish veriryhmä
- veriryhmäblood classification
French groupe sanguin
- groupe sanguinblood classification
German Blutgruppe
- Blutgruppeblood classification
Greek ομάδα αίματος
- ομάδα αίματος (omáda aímatos)blood classification
Hebrew סוּג דָּם
- סוּג דָּם (sug dam)blood classification
Hindi रक्त प्रकार, रक्त समूह
- रक्त प्रकार (rakt prakār)blood classification
- रक्त समूह (rakt samūh)blood classification
Hungarian vércsoport
- vércsoportblood classification
Icelandic blóðflokkur
- blóðflokkurblood classification
Indonesian golongan darah
- golongan darahblood classification
Irish fuilghrúpa, cineál fola
- fuilghrúpablood classification
- cineál folablood classification
Italian gruppo sanguigno
- gruppo sanguignoblood classification
Japanese 血液型
- 血液型 (ketsuekigata)blood classification
Korean 혈액형
- 혈액형 (hyeoraekhyeong)blood classification
Latin genus sanguinis
- genus sanguinisblood classification
Latvian asinsgrupa
- asinsgrupablood classification
Lithuanian kraujo grupė
- kraujo grupėblood classification
Malay jenis darah
- jenis darahblood classification
Norwegian Bokmål blodtype
- blodtypeblood classification
Polish grupa krwi
- grupa krwiblood classification
Portuguese tipo sanguíneo, grupo sanguíneo
- tipo sanguíneoblood classification
- grupo sanguíneoblood classification
Punjabi ਖੂਨ ਕਿਸਮ
- ਖੂਨ ਕਿਸਮ (khūn kisam)blood classification
Romanian grupă sangvină
- grupă sangvinăblood classification
Russian гру́ппа кро́ви
- гру́ппа кро́ви (grúppa króvi)blood classification
Slovak krvná skupina
- krvná skupinablood classification
Spanish grupo sanguíneo, tipo de sangre / sanguíneo / sanguino / hemático
- grupo sanguíneoblood classification
- tipo de sangre / sanguíneo / sanguino / hemáticoblood classification
- tipiaje (Americanism)blood classification
Swahili aina ya damu, kundi la damu
- aina ya damublood classification
- kundi la damublood classification
Swedish blodgrupp
- blodgruppblood classification
Tamil குருதி வகை
- குருதி வகை (kuruti vakai)blood classification
Thai หมู่เลือด, หมู่โลหิต
- หมู่เลือด (mùu-lʉ̂ʉat)blood classification
- หมู่โลหิต (mùu-loo-hìt)blood classification
Turkish kan grubu
- kan grubublood classification
Ukrainian гру́па кро́ві
- гру́па кро́ві (hrúpa króvi)blood classification
Urdu بِلَڈ گْرُوپ, بْلَڈ گْرُوپ
- بِلَڈ گْرُوپ (bilaḍ grūp)blood classification
- بْلَڈ گْرُوپ (blaḍ grūp)blood classification
- خُون کی قِسْم (xūn kī qism)blood classification
- خُون کا گْرُوپ (xūn kā grūp)blood classification
Vietnamese nhóm máu
- nhóm máublood classification
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APA
blood type. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20type
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“blood type.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20type. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blood type,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20type.
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