noun

transfusion

transfusion

The patient needed an emergency blood transfusion.

The patient needed an emergency blood transfusion.

a blood transfusion a medical procedure to give blood The patient needed a blood transfusion.

Synonyms: infusion, injection (context-dependent)

From Latin 'trans-' (across) + 'fundere' (to pour). It literally means 'to pour across'.

Think of 'trans-' (across) and 'fusion' (joining/pouring). It's pouring blood from one person across to another.

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