transfusion
/tɹænzˈfjuʒən/ noun
Forms transfusions
- noun (medicine) The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
- noun The act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another.
Synonyms
Etymology
L. transfusio: cf. F. transfusion.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. Howell.
- noun The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk.
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