transfusion
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6.3
- noun
- /trænsˈfjuːʒən/
- Specialized
:
trasvase
- She received a blood transfusion during the surgery to replace lost fluids.
- blood transfusion
- twin transfusion
- transfusion syndrome
Examples
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The transfusion is almost complete.
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The doctor prepared for the transfusion of blood to the patient in need.
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Please make sure this goes right up to the third floor file, because I have a transfusion to make.
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And the pastor came to see me before my transfusion.
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Control-group blood donors received a small payment from our transfusion department.
Academic text (1996) -
Transfusion provides a temporary supply of healthy RBCs with normal hemoglobin.
Academic text (2003) -
After the transfusion, the doctor monitored the patient's vital signs closely.
Synonyms
23
3.7
A medical treatment in which doctors put blood into a person's vein to replace lost blood or help them recover
16
5.5
A slow flow of medicine or fluid into a vein through a tube
Compounds
- Specialized
23
3.7
A medical treatment in which doctors put blood into a person's vein to replace lost blood or help them recover
1
6.9
A harmful response of the body after receiving the wrong blood from another person
- Specialized
A treatment that slowly removes a person's blood and replaces it with donor blood
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Surface Forms
Morphology
transfusion = transfuse (transparent) = trans + fus + ion
Clear nominalization of the verb 'transfuse' ('transfuse' + '-ion'), so learners who know the verb can infer the general action of pouring/transferring a liquid.
Etymology
Transfusion comes from trans- ('across') and fus- ('to pour'), like in transfer. So it literally means 'pouring across', which is why it describes moving a liquid from one container into another.