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transfusing

transfusing is the present participle and gerund 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.

Noun

transfusing (plural transfusings)

  1. transfusion
    • In that moment the interstices of matter were his, and the interfusings and intermating transfusings of matter and force.1918, Jack London, The Red One

Forms of transfusing

pluraltransfusings

Questions about transfusing

What does transfusing mean?
Transfusing means transfusion.
What is transfusing the present participle and gerund of?
Transfusing is the present participle and gerund of transfuse.
What part of speech is transfusing?
Transfusing is a noun.
What is the plural of transfusing?
The plural of transfusing is transfusings.

Words near transfusing in the dictionary

  1. transfused
  2. transfuser
  3. transfusers
  4. transfuses
  5. transfusible
  6. transfusing
  7. transfusings
  8. transfusion
  9. transfusional
  10. transfusionally
  11. transfusionist

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