organ donation
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organ donation
The voluntary donation of a person's organs or tissue (the donor's) for transplantation into another person's body (the recipient's). This can happen during the donor's lifetime or after death.
Mit einem Organspendeausweis kann man seine Bereitschaft zur Organspende dokumentieren.
With an organ donor card, you can document your willingness to donate organs.
This word is a compound made up of 'Organ' (organ, a part of the body) and 'Spende' (donation, a voluntary gift). The meaning 'freiwillige Gabe eines Organs' (voluntary gift of an organ) is therefore very literal.
Die Organspende kann Leben retten.
Organ donation can save lives.
A very important term in this context is 'Organspendeausweis' (organ donor card). This is a document with which a person records their decision for or against organ donation after death.
Es ist sinnvoll, einen Organspendeausweis immer bei sich zu tragen.
It makes sense to always carry an organ donor card with you.
Since organ donation is a personal decision, it is often used with verbs of deciding or consenting. Typical phrases are: 'einer Organspende zustimmen' (to consent to organ donation), 'eine Organspende ablehnen' (to reject organ donation), or 'sich für/gegen eine Organspende entscheiden' (to decide for/against organ donation).
Jeder sollte sich überlegen, ob er einer Organspende zustimmen möchte.
Everyone should consider whether they would like to consent to organ donation.
transplantation
'Transplantation' and 'Organspende' both belong to the topic of organs and medicine, but they refer to different steps. In an 'Organspende', a person makes an organ or tissue available for another person, either during their lifetime or after death. A 'Transplantation' is the operation or medical transplant in which this organ is placed into the recipient's body. Learners may confuse the words because an organ donation often leads to a transplantation. Still, the direction is important: the donation comes from the donor; the transplantation happens to the recipient in the hospital.
Emma informiert sich über Organspende, weil sie einen Ausweis ausfüllen möchte.
Emma is finding out about organ donation because she wants to fill out a donor card.
Nach der Transplantation musste der Patient mehrere Wochen im Krankenhaus bleiben.
After the transplantation, the patient had to stay in the hospital for several weeks.