Transfuse Definition

trăns-fyo͝oz
transfused, transfuses, transfusing
verb
transfused, transfuses, transfusing
To pour (something) out of one vessel into another.
American Heritage
To transfer or transmit by or as by causing to flow or be diffused.
Webster's New World
To cause to be instilled or imparted.
Transfused a love of learning to her children.
American Heritage
To permeate, instill, imbue, infuse, etc.
Webster's New World
To transfer or introduce (blood, blood plasma, saline solution, etc.) into a blood vessel, usually a vein.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Transfuse

  • Middle English transfusen to transmit from Latin trānsfundere trānsfūs- to transfuse trāns- trans- fundere to pour gheu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Transfuse Sentence Examples

  • Shaking with fear for Brady, she watched them cut through the skin grafts and transfuse blood then jump his heart.

  • They are hoping livers grown from cord blood stem cells could be used to transfuse and cleanse the infected blood.

  • For patients with bone marrow failure, it has been accepted practice to transfuse platelets where levels are very low.

  • The temptation to transfuse red cells immediately should be resisted.

  • We need to transfuse her.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

ESEUSE

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