type a

1. 1.

   the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen

   SynonymsAgroup A

   Broaderblood group

Questions about type a

What does type a mean?

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

What is another word for type a?

Close synonyms include A, group 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 type a a common word?

type 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.