blood transfusion

noun

the injection of blood from one person or animal into the bloodstream of another.

transfusion, blood

The injection of blood received from a donor into the bloodstream of another individual having a compatible blood type . A person may need a blood transfusion if a great deal of blood has been lost through surgery or trauma .

If the blood supply is contaminated, diseases such as hepatitis and AIDS can be passed to someone who receives a blood transfusion.

First recorded in 1875–80

Ryan had contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion and symbolized the senselessness of the disease.

He brings in blood transfusion together with superstitious symbols, to combat the ravages of vampires.

To demand it was an act of weakness, and to yield it was a kind of spiritual blood-transfusion.

This blood-transfusion occurs in nature in the "Free-Martin" cattle.

Quincke has endeavoured to calculate the amount of blood in cases of blood transfusion for therapeutic purposes.

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