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transfused

transfused is the simple past and past participle of transfuse.

Meaning of transfuse

Verb

transfuse (third-person singular simple present transfuses, present participle transfusing, simple past and past participle transfused)

  1. (transitive) To administer a transfusion of.
    • A few years subsequent to his investigation, Richard Lower, also working on dogs, successfully tranfused the blood of one dog to that of another.1952, Vincent Joseph Collins, Principles and Practice of Anesthesiology, page 461
  2. (transitive) To pour liquid from one vessel into another.
  3. (transitive) To diffuse or permeate through something.

Questions about transfused

What is transfused the simple past and past participle of?
Transfused is the simple past and past participle of transfuse.

Words near transfused in the dictionary

  1. transfurs
  2. transfusable
  3. transfusate
  4. transfusates
  5. transfuse
  6. transfused
  7. transfuser
  8. transfusers
  9. transfuses
  10. transfusible
  11. transfusing

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