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Definition of Blood transfusion
1. Noun. The introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery.
Generic synonyms: Insertion, Introduction, Intromission
Specialized synonyms: Exchange Transfusion
Derivative terms: Transfuse
Definition of Blood transfusion
1. Noun. (medicine) The taking of blood from one individual and inserting it or blood-based products into the circulatory system of another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Blood transfusion
1. The process of infusing blood products into a patient to raise the individuals concentration of red blood cells. Blood is typed (A, B, O or AB) and crossmatched (mixed together to see if its compatible) prior to transfusion. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blood Transfusion
Literary usage of Blood transfusion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1920)
"There are at least five well-recognized conditions in which blood transfusion
has been employed with some degree of success: 1. Replacing the blood volume ..."
2. Blood Supply: Transfusion-Associated Risks by Marcia G. Crosse (1999)
"Indeed, the overall risk of developing chronic disease or dying as a direct result
of a blood transfusion is about 4 in 10000, which translates into of the ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"ARMSTRONG: GASTRIC HEMORRHAGE The history of blood transfusion is very interesting.
... We are more familiar with blood transfusion for blood lost. ..."
4. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"Blood-transfusion.—Shortly after the discovery of the circu- ion of the blood (Harvey,
1628), the operation was introduced transfusing blood from one ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"12 blood transfusion, with Special Reference to the Citrate Method (Lewisohn),
New York Med. ... 440. a blood transfusion Simplified by the Use of Citrate ..."
6. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"blood transfusion AND INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION blood transfusion* has been practised
in some form since the discovery by Harvey of the circulation; ..."
7. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Frederic Solomon (1986)
"The Impact of Advances in blood transfusion. In RG Hubbel, ed., ... blood transfusion
therapy in the rear hospital during the Yom Kippur War (October 1973). ..."
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