blood transfusion

/bləd træntsˌfjuʒən/
/bləd trænzˈfjuʒɪn/
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Other forms: blood transfusions

Definitions of blood transfusion
  1. noun
    the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery
    synonyms: transfusion
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    types:
    exchange transfusion
    slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood
    type of:
    insertion, introduction, intromission
    the act of putting one thing into another
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