'Transfusion' definitions:
Definition of 'transfusion'
(from WordNet)
noun
The introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery [syn: transfusion, blood transfusion]
noun
The action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another
Definition of 'Transfusion'
From: GCIDE
- Transfusion \Trans*fu"sion\, n. [L. transfusio: cf. F. transfusion.]
- 1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. --Howell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transfusion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arterial transfusion,
- blood bank,
- blood donor,
- blood donor center,
- blood transfusion,
- bloodmobile,
- communication,
- conduction,
- contagion,
- convection,
- delivery,
- deportation,
- diapedesis,
- diffusion,
- direct transfusion,
- dissemination,
- drip transfusion,
- exchange transfusion,
- export,
- exportation,
- expulsion,
- exsanguination transfusion,
- exsanguino transfusion,
- extradition,
- imbuement,
- import,
- importation,
- interchange,
- metastasis,
- metathesis,
- metempsychosis,
- migration,
- mutual transfer,
- osmosis,
- overrunning,
- overspreading,
- overswarming,
- passage,
- passing over,
- penetration,
- perfusion,
- permeation,
- pervasion,
- plasma transfusion,
- reciprocal transfusion,
- replacement transfusion,
- serum,
- serum transfusion,
- spread,
- spreading,
- suffusion,
- transduction,
- transfer,
- transfer of property,
- transference,
- transit,
- transition,
- translation,
- translocation,
- transmigration,
- transmigration of souls,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- transmittance,
- transplacement,
- transplantation,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- travel,
- venous transfusion