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transfuse
[ trans-fyooz ]
verb (used with object)
- to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill:
to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- to diffuse into or through; permeate; infuse.
- Medicine/Medical.
- to transfer (blood) into the veins or arteries of a person or animal.
- to inject, as a saline solution, into a blood vessel.
- Archaic. to pour from one container into another.
transfuse
/ trænsˈfjuːz /
verb
- to permeate or infuse
a blush transfused her face
- to inject (blood, etc) into a blood vessel
- to give a transfusion to (a patient)
- rare.to transfer from one vessel to another, esp by pouring
Derived Forms
- transˈfusive, adjective
- transˈfusible, adjective
- transˈfuser, noun
Other Words From
- trans·fuser noun
- trans·fusi·ble trans·fusa·ble adjective
- trans·fu·sive [trans-, fyoo, -siv, -ziv], adjective
- untrans·fused adjective
- untrans·fusi·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of transfuse1
Word History and Origins
Origin of transfuse1
Example Sentences
For the first time ever, blood grown in a lab from adult stem cells was transfused into two people.
As Villeda drew blood, he also collected plasma—blood with the cells removed—from young mice, drop by teeny-tiny drop, and transfused it into older ones.
To avoid a dead donor they instead transfused their patients with lamb’s blood.
This is transfused with the intention of preventing the infection from severe progression.
How long he sat there, allowing the subtle influence to transfuse and possess his entire being, he did not know.
Fifty or sixty years ago surgeons did not hesitate to transfuse the blood of animals into human beings.
I wish I could transcribe, or rather transfuse into language, the glow of my heart when I read your letter.
He had seen a glow of pleasure transfuse people as they listened to her pure and ringing notes.
Moisture tends to transfuse from the hot towards the cold portion of the wood.
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