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transfusion

US/tɹænzˈfjuʒən/
nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,893 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: transfusions

A transfusion is putting blood from one person into another. Need a transfusion, a blood transfusion, during the transfusion.

It only became safe once blood groups were discovered in 1901, since giving the wrong type can kill quickly. A transfusion is figuratively any badly needed injection of resources, as in a transfusion of cash.

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Definitions of transfusion

  1. 1nountransfusionPutting blood from one person into another.B2+

    “She lost a lot of blood in the accident and needed a transfusion.”

transfusion is a medical procedure.

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    transfūsiō

  2. English, today

    transfusion

Borrowed from Latin transfūsiō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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transfusion in the wild

  • The use of blood transfusions is typically based on a person's signs and symptoms.

    Anemia

  • Early transfusions used whole blood, but modern medical practice commonly uses only components of the blood, such as red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and other clotting factors.

    Blood transfusion

  • White blood cells are not commonly used during transfusions, but they are part of the immune system and also fight infections.

    Blood transfusion

  • The first transfusion of whole blood was in 1818; however, common use did not begin until the First and Second World Wars.

    Whole blood

  • A blood bank is a center where blood gathered as a result of blood donation is stored and preserved for later use in blood transfusion.

    Blood bank

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.