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mistransfusion

mistransfusion noun: transfusion of the wrong blood or to the wrong patient.

Noun

mistransfusion (countable and uncountable, plural mistransfusions)

  1. Transfusion of the wrong blood or to the wrong patient.
    • The risk of mistransfusion is many times greater than that due to the transmission of HIV or HCV infection by blood.2006, Joyce Chan Chee Wun, Raymond Chu, “Unique Patient Identification Barcode System for Prevention of Blood Transfusion Errors: A 6-year Experience in a Regional Hospital in Hong Kong”, in Brian R....
    • Transfusion of incompatible RBCs is most associated with a mistransfusion event.2009, Beth H. Shaz, Christopher D. Hillyer, James C. Zimring, Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis, page 317

Forms of mistransfusion

pluralmistransfusions

Origin of mistransfusion

From mis- + transfusion.

Questions about mistransfusion

What does mistransfusion mean?
Mistransfusion means transfusion of the wrong blood or to the wrong patient.
What part of speech is mistransfusion?
Mistransfusion is a noun.
What is the plural of mistransfusion?
The plural of mistransfusion is mistransfusions.

Words near mistransfusion in the dictionary

  1. mistransforms
  2. mistransfuse
  3. mistransfused
  4. mistransfuses
  5. mistransfusing
  6. mistransfusion
  7. mistransfusions
  8. mistranslate
  9. mistranslated
  10. mistranslates
  11. mistranslating

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