transfusion

A noun referring to the medical procedure of introducing blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery, or more generally the act of transferring a liquid from one container to another.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une procédure médicale consistant à introduire du sang ou du plasma dans une veine ou une artère, ou plus généralement l'action de transfuser un liquide d'un contenant à un autre.

1. Medical procedure B2 formal medical

   The introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery to replace lost blood or treat certain conditions.

   • The patient received a blood transfusion after the accident.
   • Doctors performed an emergency transfusion to save his life.
   • She needed a transfusion due to severe anemia.

   🇫🇷Transfusion sanguine

2. Transfer of liquid C1 formal

   The action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another.

   • The chemist performed a careful transfusion of the solution into a flask.
   • A transfusion of water from the bucket to the tank was necessary.
   • The process involves a transfusion of the mixture into a sterile container.

   🇫🇷Transvasement

   Synonymes: decantationpouringtransfer

• transfusions plural form
• transfusions' possessive plural form
• transfusion's possessive singular form