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Definition of Transfusion

1. Noun. The introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery.

2. Noun. The action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another.

Definition of Transfusion

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

Definition of Transfusion

1. Noun. (medicine) The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another. ¹

2. Noun. The act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transfusion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Transfusion

1. The introduction of whole blood or blood component directly into the blood stream. Compare: infusion. Origin: L. Transfusio This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transfusion

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transfuse transfused transfuses transfusible transfusing transfusion (current term) transfusion hepatitis transfusion nephritis transfusion reaction transfusional

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Literary usage of Transfusion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"BLOOD transfusion. The process of transferring whole blood from the blood vessels ... transfusion can only be accomplished in animals of the same species. ..."

2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1920)
"transfusion should not be regarded as a form of intravenous medication. There is a certain amount of risk to the patient that must be realized by the ..."

3. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"transfusion of Blood.—This was tried clinically in very early times, but with disastrous results, since foreign species were generally used. ..."

4. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1921)
"CHAPTER XIII transfusion OF BLOOD AND ITS SUBSTITUTES BY BURTON J. LEE, MD, NEW YORK CITY THE war just ended is the first in which the transfusion of blood ..."

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