type b

1. 1.

   the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen

   SynonymsBgroup B

   Broaderblood group

Questions about type b

What does type b mean?

type b means "the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen".

What is another word for type b?

Close synonyms include B, group B. 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 b a common word?

type b 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.