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transfuse

[ trans-fyooz ]

verb (used with object)

transfused, transfusing.
  1. to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill:

    to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.

  2. to diffuse into or through; permeate; infuse.
  3. Medicine/Medical.
    1. to transfer (blood) into the veins or arteries of a person or animal.
    2. to inject, as a saline solution, into a blood vessel.
  4. Archaic. to pour from one container into another.


transfuse

/ ٰæԲˈː /

verb

  1. to permeate or infuse

    a blush transfused her face

    1. to inject (blood, etc) into a blood vessel
    2. to give a transfusion to (a patient)
  2. rare.
    to transfer from one vessel to another, esp by pouring
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ٰԲˈڳܲ, adjective
  • ٰԲˈڳܲ, adjective
  • ٰԲˈڳܲ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٰԲ·ڳܲİ noun
  • ٰԲ·ڳܲi· ٰԲ·ڳܲa· adjective
  • ٰԲ·ڳ· [trans-, fyoo, -siv, -ziv], adjective
  • ܲtԲ·ڳܲ adjective
  • unٰԲ·ڳܲi· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of transfuse1

1375–1425; late Middle English transfusen < Latin ٰԲūܲ , past participle of ٰԲڳܲԻ to transfer by pouring. See trans-, fuse 2
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of transfuse1

C15: from Latin transfundere to pour out, from trans- + fundere to pour
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Modified stem cells are then transfused back into the body, where they multiply and increase the production of stable, well-functioning red cells.

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Another 8% have O negative blood, often called the universal blood type, which can be safely transfused into any patient, because it will not trigger an immune response.

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Dozens of additional units may have to be transfused if bleeding continues or worsens, he added.

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The reason why it is necessary to remove the A and B antigens to create universal donor blood is because they can trigger life-threatening immune reactions when transfused into non-matched recipients.

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Blood that is destined for new babies, immunocompromised patients, pregnant women or to be transfused into a foetus in-uterine must be screened for a virus called cytomegalovirus or CMV.

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