blood transfusion


noun
  1. the injection of blood from one person or animal into the bloodstream of another.

Origin of blood transfusion

1
First recorded in 1875–80

Words Nearby blood transfusion

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How to use blood transfusion in a sentence

  • Ryan had contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion and symbolized the senselessness of the disease.

    First in the Fight Against AIDS | Steven Petrow | August 26, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • He brings in blood transfusion together with superstitious symbols, to combat the ravages of vampires.

  • To demand it was an act of weakness, and to yield it was a kind of spiritual blood-transfusion.

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
  • This blood-transfusion occurs in nature in the "Free-Martin" cattle.

    Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
  • Quincke has endeavoured to calculate the amount of blood in cases of blood transfusion for therapeutic purposes.

    Histology of the Blood | Paul Ehrlich