transfuse

[ trans-fyooz ]

verb (used with object)

, trans·fused, trans·fus·ing.

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

/ trænsˈfjuːz /

verb

1. to permeate or infuse

   a blush transfused her face

2. 1. to inject (blood, etc) into a blood vessel
   2. to give a transfusion to (a patient)
3. rare.
   to transfer from one vessel to another, esp by pouring

Derived Forms

• transˈfusive, adjective
• transˈfuser, noun
• transˈfusible, adjective

Other Words From

• trans·fuser noun
• trans·fusi·ble trans·fusa·ble adjective
• trans·fu·sive [trans-, fyoo, -siv, -ziv], adjective
• untrans·fused adjective
• untrans·fusi·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of transfuse¹

1375–1425; late Middle English transfusen < Latin trānsfūsus , past participle of trānsfundere to transfer by pouring. See trans-, fuse ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of transfuse¹

C15: from Latin transfundere to pour out, from trans- + fundere to pour

Example Sentences

For the first time ever, blood grown in a lab from adult stem cells was transfused into two people.

From Singularity Hub 

As Villeda drew blood, he also collected plasma—blood with the cells removed—from young mice, drop by teeny-tiny drop, and transfused it into older ones.

From Popular-Science

To avoid a dead donor they instead transfused their patients with lamb’s blood.

From Popular-Science

This is transfused with the intention of preventing the infection from severe progression.

From Quartz

How long he sat there, allowing the subtle influence to transfuse and possess his entire being, he did not know.

From Project Gutenberg

Fifty or sixty years ago surgeons did not hesitate to transfuse the blood of animals into human beings.

From Project Gutenberg

I wish I could transcribe, or rather transfuse into language, the glow of my heart when I read your letter.

From Project Gutenberg

He had seen a glow of pleasure transfuse people as they listened to her pure and ringing notes.

From Project Gutenberg

Moisture tends to transfuse from the hot towards the cold portion of the wood.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• suffuse