transfusion
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4.8
- noun
- /trænsˈfjuːʒən/
- Specialized
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transfusión
- Oh, I had a blood transfusion, and I feel great.
- blood transfusion
- receive blood transfusions
- give a transfusion
Who's going to do an immunoglobulin transfusion?
- Who's going to do an immunoglobulin transfusion?
- They often require blood transfusions to correct this.
- But on the third night between morphine shots and blood transfusion, he asked me in a lucid interval.
- And so the courts have had to intervene at times and order that a child does receive a blood transfusion.
- She was about to get immuno transglobulin transfusions.
- Well, I don't know how long it's going to be before there are treatments based on these blood transfusions.
- And the only reason those people survived a six week drug trial was because they were getting these transfusions.
- Our Health Summit is all about giving yourself a little extra TLC, so step up to our IV station for an invigorating celebrity blood transfusion.
Examples
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She just had a second transfusion, and she's on heavy pain meds.
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Next time I come for a transfusion, I want someone else to bring me.
Fiction book (2002) -
We're gonna need another blood transfusion.
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After this transfusion, you're going to be just fine.
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Blood transfusions are being given.
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They often require blood transfusions to correct this.
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I need a transfusion.
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She needs a transfusion immediately to treat her condition.
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After the accident, he received a transfusion to replace the lost blood.
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Doctors decided that a transfusion was necessary to stabilize her health.
Synonyms
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3.7
A medical treatment in which doctors put blood into a person's vein to replace lost blood or help them recover
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5.5
A slow flow of medicine or fluid into a vein through a tube
A treatment that slowly removes a person's blood and replaces it with donor blood
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
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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
How Invasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
transfusion = transfuse (semi-transparent) = trans + fus + ion
Formally derived from 'transfuse' + '-ion', but the specialised medical sense ('introducing blood or plasma') may not be fully predictable to learners from the parts alone.
Etymology
Transfusion comes from trans- ('across') and fus- ('to pour'), like in transfer. So a transfusion of blood is like 'pouring' blood across into a person's vein to replace what they have lost.