transfuse

American  

[trans-fyooz] / trænsˈfyuz /

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.

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transfuse British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of transfuse

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

Example Sentences

She decided instead to transfuse more units of blood and start pressors, medicines that boost blood pressure.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023

An emergency investigational new drug, or e-IND, authorization is required to transfuse convalescent plasma into patients, but not to collect it from donors or distribute it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2020

If our health care workers are compromised, they cannot transfuse.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2020

Maharaj’s trial wouldn’t be the first to transfuse plasma from young donors into older people.

From Scientific American • Mar. 2, 2018

They had to transfuse several units of red cells— How will I tell Soraya?

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Related Words

• suffuse