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
• transˈfusible, adjective
• transˈfuser, noun

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

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.

From BBC

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

From New York Times

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.

From Science Daily

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.

From BBC

The interventions just aren’t as exotic as transfusing yourself with a young person’s blood.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• suffuse