Meaning & use

transfusion

noun·Academic

A medical procedure in which blood or a blood product is transferred into a patient's bloodstream.

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After losing so much blood in surgery, she needed an emergency transfusion.

The hospital keeps a large supply of donated blood on hand for transfusions.

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Blood transfusion is the standard collocation; the word is almost always used in a medical context.

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