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transfusion

US/tɹænzˈfjuʒən/

transfusion noun: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.

Noun

transfusion (countable and uncountable, plural transfusions)

  1. The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
  2. 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
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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.

All 14 example sentences with transfusion

Synonyms of transfusion

Forms of transfusion

pluraltransfusions

Plural of transfusion: transfusions

Origin of transfusion

Borrowed from Latin transfūsiō.

Words formed from transfusion

Phrases with transfusion

Words that rhyme with transfusion

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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

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

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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