transfuse

American  

[trans-fyooz] / trænsˈfyuz /

verb (used with object)

transfused, transfusing

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.

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transfuse British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• transfusable adjective
• transfuser noun
• transfusible adjective
• transfusive adjective
• untransfused adjective
• untransfusible adjective

Etymology

Origin of transfuse

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

Example Sentences

An emergency investigational new drug, or e-IND, authorization is required to transfuse convalescent plasma into patients, but not to collect it from donors or distribute it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2020

If our health care workers are compromised, they cannot transfuse.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2020

But type O cells lack these antigens, making it possible to transfuse that blood type into anyone.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 10, 2019

“But when you do dog to cat or pigeon to parrot, their bodies recognize those blood cells as foreign, and the next time you transfuse the animal will go into shock.”

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2018

They had to transfuse several units of red cells— How will I tell Soraya?

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Related Words

• suffuse