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transfusion

[trans-fyoo-zhuhn]

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noun

the act or process of transfusing.
Medicine/Medical.��the direct transferring of blood, plasma, or the like into a blood vessel.

transfusion

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noun

the act or an instance of transfusing
the injection of blood, blood plasma, etc, into the blood vessels of a patient

transfusion

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.
See more at Rh factor See Note at blood type

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Word History and Origins

Origin of transfusion¹

1570–80; < Latin �ٰ��Բ��ū��ō��- (stem of �ٰ��Բ��ū��ō ) decanting, intermingling, equivalent to �ٰ��Բ��ū�� ( us ) ( transfuse ) + -��ō��- -ion

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"For instance, during my second pregnancy, they expected I might bleed heavily, so they prepared extra blood in case a transfusion was needed. Thankfully, I didn't need it, and everything went well."

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From June, patients signing up to a GP practice, who received a blood transfusion before 1996, will be offered a test for hepatitis C.

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Lemon was a Jehovah’s Witness and declined to receive blood transfusions.

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And then there were also the blood transfusions.

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Mudather died the next morning because the hospital's blood bank had been decimated by a long power outage and he could not get the transfusion he needed.

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