transfusion
US/tɹænzˈfjuʒən/
transfusion noun: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
Noun
transfusion (countable and uncountable, plural transfusions)
- The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
- Synonyms:
- blood transfusion
- The act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another.
- Synonyms:
- decanting
transfusion meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Arabic and Malay
transfusion in Tamil
- மாற்றி அளித்தல், இரத்தம் ஏற்றல், கலமாறிக்கலத்தல், சிறை வழி ஏற்றல், மாற்றூடுருவித்தல், மாற்றூடுருவு
transfusion in Urdu
- تبادلہ خون
transfusion in Arabic
- medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
- نَقْل اَلدَّم naql ad-dam, إِصْفَاق ʔiṣfāq
transfusion in Malay
- medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
- pemindahan darah, transfusi
More languagesFewer languages
- transfusion in Persian
- انتقال خون enteqâl-e xôn
Examples of transfusion in a sentence
- The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.
- A blood transfusion stabilized her condition until surgery to stop her internal bleeding before it could begin.
- Our extramural sports program was on life support until a generous philanthropic donation gave it a much-needed blood transfusion.
Synonyms of transfusion
Forms of transfusion
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Origin of transfusion
Borrowed from Latin transfūsiō.
Words formed from transfusion
Phrases with transfusion
Words that rhyme with transfusion
Questions about transfusion
- What does transfusion mean?
- Transfusion means the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
- What is transfusion in Tamil?
- Transfusion in Tamil is மாற்றி அளித்தல், இரத்தம் ஏற்றல், கலமாறிக்கலத்தல். See Transfusion meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is transfusion?
- Transfusion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce transfusion?
- Transfusion is pronounced /tɹænzˈfjuʒən/ (US).
- What is the plural of transfusion?
- The plural of transfusion is transfusions.
Words near transfusion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: transfusion (page history and authors); transfusion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transfusion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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