Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  steal(Noun) The act of stealing. 2  steal(Noun) A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price. 3  steal(Noun) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team. 4  steal(Noun) A stolen base.
Within the ABO/Rhesus Group systems which are used to classify most blood types, there are several rare blood types. The rarest is AB-, with less than one percent of the world's population having this blood type. B-and O-are also very rare, each accounting for less than 5% of the world's population.
Donated blood is carefully tested and tracked. It is very rare to get a disease through a blood transfusion. Getting the wrong blood type by accident is the main risk in a blood transfusion, but it is rare. For every 1 million units of blood transfused, getting the wrong blood type happens, at the most, 4 times. Transfusion with the wrong blood type can cause a severe reaction that may be life-threatening. Some people bank their own blood a few weeks before they have surgery.