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Vinony

transfusion

noun

  1. providing blood or blood products in a medical setting
  2. providing needed assistance in money or other goods, in a fluid-like manner
  3. act or process of transferring fluid into (especially blood or bone marrow into a patient)
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Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈfjuʒən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Latin trans Latin fundō Latin trānsfundō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin transfūsiōbor. English transfusion Borrowed from Latin transfūsiō.

  1. The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
  2. The act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another.