transfuse
verb (used with object)
to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill.
transfused
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past participleof transfuse.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof transfuse.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
transfuseverb (used with object)to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill.
Example Sentences
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Compatible blood was unavailable, so physicians ultimately transfused unmatched red blood cells after weighing the risks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
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.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
Dozens of additional units may have to be transfused if bleeding continues or worsens, he added.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2024
Waking in the ICU, she learned she had been transfused several units of blood.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2023
By his superhuman aid wast thou transported from clime to clime—as rapidly as thought is transfused by the interchange of lovers’ glances; and in that varied, bustling, busied life wast thou supremely happy.
From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds
