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trans⋅fu⋅sion

[trans-fyoo-zhuhn]
–noun
1. the act or process of transfusing.
2. Medicine/Medical. the direct transferring of blood, plasma, or the like into a blood vessel.

Origin:
1570–80; < L trānsfūsiōn- (s. of trānsfūsiō) decanting, intermingling, equiv. to trānsfūs(us) (see transfuse ) + -iōn- -ion
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trans·fu·sion   (trāns-fyōō'zhən)   
n.  
  1. The act or process of transfusing.

  2. Medicine The transfer of whole blood or blood products from one individual to another.

trans·fu'sion·al adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: trans·fu·sion
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'fyü-zh&n
Function: noun
1 : the process of transfusing fluid into a vein orartery
2 : something transfused
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transfusion trans·fu·sion (trāns-fy&oomacr;'zhən)
n.

  1. The transfer of whole blood or blood products from one individual to another.

  2. The intravascular injection of physiological saline solution.

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