blood transfusion

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blood transfusion

noun blood transfusions

  1. countable, uncountable The act or process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously; an instance of it. A blood transfusion stabilized her condition until surgery to stop her internal bleeding before it could begin.

    Similar: haemotransfusion, hemotransfusion

  2. countable, figuratively, uncommon, uncountable A refreshing or reinvigoration of something. Our extramural sports program was on life support until a generous philanthropic donation gave it a much-needed blood transfusion.

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noun taking blood from one and giving it to another individual

Españoltransfusión, transfusión de sangre
한국어수혈 suhyeol
日本語輸血 yuketsu
中文輸血 /输血 shūxuè, shūxuě, shūxiě
हिन्दीरक्ताधान raktādhān
Kiswahiliupaji wa damu
Portuguêstransfusão de sangue
Françaistransfusion sanguine, transfusion
DeutschTransfusion, Bluttransfusion, Blutübertragung
Italianotrasfusione
Ελληνικάμετάγγιση αίματος metángisi aímatos
Românătransfuzie de sânge, transfuzie sanguină
Русскийперелива́ние кро́ви perelivánije króvi, гемотрансфу́зия gemotransfúzija, трансфу́зия transfúzija
Tiếng Việttruyền máu
العربيةنَقْل دَم naql dam
עבריתעירוי דם

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@misc{blood_transfusion_2026,
  title = {blood transfusion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blood%20transfusion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}