blood transfusion

noun

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

transfusion, blood

1. The injection of blood received from a donor into the bloodstream of another individual having a compatible blood type. A person may need a blood transfusion if a great deal of blood has been lost through surgery or trauma.

If the blood supply is contaminated, diseases such as hepatitis and AIDS can be passed to someone who receives a blood transfusion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blood transfusion¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

The second time it happened, Harrison experienced life-threatening sepsis and had to travel to a hospital outside her insurance network to receive a blood transfusion, the complaint states.

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Destiny requires regular blood transfusions for her condition, which could be life-limiting, and was due to have surgery last week.

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The network desperately needed something fresh – not just a facelift, but a full blood transfusion.

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Alphonsine had been admitted to City Hospital on 26 January with a lower respiratory tract infection and needed blood transfusions due to low iron levels.

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He was also an educator on many issues, and specifically HIV/Aids, which he succumbed to, after contracting the disease from a blood transfusion during heart surgery in the early 1980s.

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