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trans·fu·sion

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–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 Audio Help (trāns-fyōō'zhən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act or process of transfusing.
Medicine The transfer of whole blood or blood products from one individual to another.

trans·fu'sion·al adj.

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transfusion
noun
1.	the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery
2.	the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
transˈfusion1 [-ʒən] noun

a quantity of blood transferred from one person to another
Example: She was given a blood transfusion.

Arabic:	كَمِيَّة الدَّم المنْقول
Chinese (Simplified):	输血（强调量）
Chinese (Traditional):	輸血(強調量)
Czech:	transfúze
Danish:	transfusion; -transfusion
Dutch:	transfusie
Estonian:	vereülekanne
Finnish:	verensiirto
French:	transfusion
German:	die Transfusion
Greek:	μετάγγιση
Hungarian:	vérátömlesztés
Icelandic:	blóðgjöf
Indonesian:	transfusi
Italian:	trasfusione

Japanese:	輸血
Korean:	수혈
Latvian:	(asins) pārliešana
Lithuanian:	perpylimas
Norwegian:	blodoverføring
Polish:	transfuzja
Portuguese (Brazil):	transfusão
Portuguese (Portugal):	transfusão
Romanian:	transfuzie
Russian:	переливание крови
Slovak:	transfúzia
Slovenian:	transfuzija
Spanish:	transfusión
Swedish:	överföring, transfusion
Turkish:	nakledilen kan (miktarı)

transˈfusion2 [-ʒən] noun

the act or process of transferring blood from one person to another

Arabic:	نَقْل الدَّم
Chinese (Simplified):	输血（强调动作、过程）
Chinese (Traditional):	輸血(強調動作、過程)
Czech:	transfúze
Danish:	blodtransfusion
Dutch:	transfusie
Estonian:	vereülekanne
Finnish:	verensiirto
French:	transfusion
German:	die Transfusion
Greek:	μετάγγιση
Hungarian:	vérátömlesztés
Icelandic:	blóðgjöf
Indonesian:	transfusi
Italian:	trasfusione

Japanese:	輸血
Latvian:	(asins) pārliešana
Lithuanian:	perpylimas
Norwegian:	blodoverføring
Polish:	transfuzja
Portuguese (Brazil):	transfusão
Portuguese (Portugal):	transfusão
Romanian:	transfuzie
Russian:	переливание крови
Slovak:	transfúzia
Slovenian:	transfuzija
Spanish:	transfusión
Swedish:	överföring, transfusion
Turkish:	kan nakli

See also: transfuse

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

transfusion Audio Help (trāns-fy

'zhən) Pronunciation Key
The transfer of blood or a component of blood, such as red blood cells, plasma, or platelets, from one person to another to replace losses caused by injury, surgery, or disease. Donated blood products are tested for blood type and certain infectious diseases and stored in blood banks until they are used. The blood of the donor is shown to be histologically compatible, or crossmatched, with that of the recipient before transfusion. See more at Rh factor. See Note at blood type.

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

trans·fu·sion (trns-fyzhn)
n.

The transfer of whole blood or blood products from one individual to another.
The intravascular injection of physiological saline solution.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: trans·fu·sion
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'fyü-zh&n
Function: noun
1 : the process of transfusing fluid into a vein or artery
2 : something transfused

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Transfusion

Trans*fu"sion\, n. [L. transfusio: cf. F. transfusion.]

1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. --Howell.

2. (Med.) 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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