domino surgery

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

By analogy with a row of dominos lined up so that they fall in sequence when the first is pushed.

Noun[edit]

domino surgery (uncountable)

  1. A sequential chain of organ transplants where each recipient donates another organ to another person in exchange for the one that they have received.