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transfuse

verb

  1. to transfer fluid into (especially blood or bone marrow into a patient)
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Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈfjuːz/

verb

Etymology: From trans- + fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour, to melt”). By surface analysis, trans- + fuse.

  1. To administer a transfusion of.

    “A few years subsequent to his investigation, Richard Lower, also working on dogs, successfully tranfused the blood of one dog to that of another.”

  2. To pour liquid from one vessel into another.
  3. To diffuse or permeate through something.