transfusion

[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.

transfusion

/ trænsˈfjuːʒən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of transfusing

2. the injection of blood, blood plasma, etc, into the blood vessels of a patient

transfusion

1. 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.

2. See more at Rh factor See Note at blood type

Word History and Origins

Origin of transfusion¹

1570–80; < Latin trānsfūsiōn- (stem of trānsfūsiō ) decanting, intermingling, equivalent to trānsfūs ( us ) ( transfuse ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Destiny requires regular blood transfusions for her condition, which could be life-limiting, and was due to have surgery last week.

From BBC

The network desperately needed something fresh – not just a facelift, but a full blood transfusion.

From Salon

Alphonsine had been admitted to City Hospital on 26 January with a lower respiratory tract infection and needed blood transfusions due to low iron levels.

From BBC

He was also an educator on many issues, and specifically HIV/Aids, which he succumbed to, after contracting the disease from a blood transfusion during heart surgery in the early 1980s.

From BBC

Sent home from the emergency room without a D&C two times, she ultimately needed blood transfusions so that she wouldn’t die, according to medical records.

From Salon