transfuse

[trans-fyooz]

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.

transfuse

/ 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

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of transfuse¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of transfuse¹

C15: from Latin transfundere to pour out, from _trans- + fundere to pour

Example Sentences

Modified stem cells are then transfused back into the body, where they multiply and increase the production of stable, well-functioning red cells.

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Another 8% have O negative blood, often called the universal blood type, which can be safely transfused into any patient, because it will not trigger an immune response.

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Dozens of additional units may have to be transfused if bleeding continues or worsens, he added.

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The reason why it is necessary to remove the A and B antigens to create universal donor blood is because they can trigger life-threatening immune reactions when transfused into non-matched recipients.

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Blood that is destined for new babies, immunocompromised patients, pregnant women or to be transfused into a foetus in-uterine must be screened for a virus called cytomegalovirus or CMV.

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Related Words

• suffuse