biorca

See also: biorcą

Polish

Etymology

From brać +‎ -ca. First attested in 1932.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjɔr.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrt͡sa
• Syllabification: bior‧ca

Noun

biorca m pers

1. (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'

2. (literary) taker, recipient, receiver (one who receives)

   Coordinate terms: dawca, ofiarodawca

3. (psychology) taker (person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives)

   Coordinate term: dawca

Declension

Declension of biorca

	singular	plural
nominative	biorca	biorcy/biorce (deprecative)
genitive	biorcy	biorców
dative	biorcy	biorcom
accusative	biorcę	biorców
instrumental	biorcą	biorcami
locative	biorcy	biorcach
vocative	biorco	biorcy

Further reading

• biorca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• biorca in Polish dictionaries at PWN