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trans⋅fuse

  [trans-fyooz]
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–verb (used with object), -fused, -fus⋅ing.
1. to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
2. to diffuse into or through; permeate; infuse.
3. Medicine/Medical.
a. to transfer (blood) into the veins or arteries of a person or animal.
b. to inject, as a saline solution, into a blood vessel.
4. Archaic. to pour from one container into another.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME transfusen < L trānsfūsus, ptp. of trānsfundere to transfer by pouring. See trans-, fuse 2

Related forms:
trans⋅fus⋅er, noun
trans⋅fus⋅i⋅ble, trans⋅fus⋅a⋅ble, adjective
trans⋅fu⋅sive  [trans-fyoo-siv, -ziv] , adjective
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trans·fuse   (trāns-fyōōz')   
tr.v.   trans·fused, trans·fus·ing, trans·fus·es

  1. To pour (something) out of one vessel into another.

  2. To cause to be instilled or imparted: transfused a love of learning to her children.

  3. To diffuse through; permeate: a glade that was transfused with sunlight.

  4. Medicine To administer a transfusion of or to.


[Middle English transfusen, to transmit, from Latin trānsfundere, trānsfūs-, to transfuse : trāns-, trans- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]
trans·fus'er n., trans·fus'i·ble, trans·fus'a·ble adj., trans·fu'sive (-fyōō'sĭv, -zĭv) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: trans·fuse
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'fyüz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: trans·fused;trans·fus·ing
1 : to transfer (as blood) into a vein or artery of a human being or an animal
2 : to subject (a patient) to transfusion
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

transfuse trans·fuse (trāns-fy&oomacr;z')
v. trans·fused, trans·fus·ing, trans·fus·es
To administer a transfusion of or to.

trans·fus'a·ble adj.
trans·fu'sive (-fy&oomacr;'sĭv, -zĭv) adj.

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