group a

1. 1.

   the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen

   SynonymsAtype A

   Broaderblood group

Questions about group a

What does group a mean?

group a means "the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen".

What is another word for group a?

Close synonyms include A, type A. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is group a a common word?

group a is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.