transfusion

UK: /trænsˈfjuːʒ^ən/ US: /trænsˈfjuʒən/ ,(trans fyo̅o̅′zhən)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

trans•fusion /trænsˈfyuʒən/   n. [countable]

1. a medical process of transferring blood by injecting it into an artery or vein of a patient who has lost it:
   gave the accident victim a blood transfusion.
2. a transfer of anything important or vital to the well-being, success, etc., of something:
   a quick transfusion of cash to the sinking company.

See -fus-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

trans•fu•sion  (trans fyo̅o̅′zhən), n. 

1. the act or process of transfusing.
2. [Med.] the direct transferring of blood, plasma, or the like into a blood vessel.

• Latin trānsfūsiōn- (stem of trānsfūsiō) decanting, intermingling, equivalent. to trānsfūs(us) (see transfuse) + -iōn- -ion
• 1570–80

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transfusion / trænsˈfjuːʒən/ noun

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