Transfusion
noun
The process of transferring blood or blood products into a person's bloodstream.
The patient urgently needs a blood transfusion because she lost a lot of blood in the accident.
Often appears as...
- blood transfusion
- plasma transfusion
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Technical
noun
A transfer of something that brings new life or vitality.
Our marketing team needs a transfusion of new ideas to boost sales.
Often appears as...
- transfusion of energy
- transfusion of ideas
noun
The process of transferring blood or blood products into a person's bloodstream.
The patient urgently needs a blood transfusion because she lost a lot of blood in the accident.
Often appears as...
- blood transfusion
- plasma transfusion
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A transfer of something that brings new life or vitality.
Our marketing team needs a transfusion of new ideas to boost sales.
Often appears as...
- transfusion of energy
- transfusion of ideas
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Procedure
Refers specifically to medical contexts, often involving patients and healthcare settings.
After the surgery, the doctor ordered a transfusion.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Situations
Commonly used in urgent medical scenarios where rapid response is critical.
Following the car crash, an emergency transfusion was performed roadside.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Term
As a technical term, it might be unfamiliar or misunderstood in everyday conversation.
I learned the term 'transfusion' in my first-aid class today.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Procedure
Refers specifically to medical contexts, often involving patients and healthcare settings.
After the surgery, the doctor ordered a transfusion.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Situations
Commonly used in urgent medical scenarios where rapid response is critical.
Following the car crash, an emergency transfusion was performed roadside.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Term
As a technical term, it might be unfamiliar or misunderstood in everyday conversation.
I learned the term 'transfusion' in my first-aid class today.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Procedure
Refers specifically to medical contexts, often involving patients and healthcare settings.
After the surgery, the doctor ordered a transfusion.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Situations
Commonly used in urgent medical scenarios where rapid response is critical.
Following the car crash, an emergency transfusion was performed roadside.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Term
As a technical term, it might be unfamiliar or misunderstood in everyday conversation.
I learned the term 'transfusion' in my first-aid class today.
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How we're using drones...
and there's a story like that one behind most of those emergencies. Here are just a couple of the moms who have received transfusions in this way in the last couple months. We're always when we can help a doctor save a mom's life,
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Why do blood types...
knowing both parents' blood types lets us predict the relative probability of their children's blood types. Why do blood types matter? For blood transfusions, finding the correct one is a matter of life and death.
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Search and Rescue, Part...
long enough to know that not every story has a happy ending sadly after his terrifying fall Samanta was lost his fight for life we did everything we could do we gave him two blood transfusions a whole lot of other
Video examples
How we're using drones...
and there's a story like that one behind most of those emergencies. Here are just a couple of the moms who have received transfusions in this way in the last couple months. We're always when we can help a doctor save a mom's life,
Video examples
Why do blood types...
knowing both parents' blood types lets us predict the relative probability of their children's blood types. Why do blood types matter? For blood transfusions, finding the correct one is a matter of life and death.
Video examples
Search and Rescue, Part...
long enough to know that not every story has a happy ending sadly after his terrifying fall Samanta was lost his fight for life we did everything we could do we gave him two blood transfusions a whole lot of other
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Mike Quigley
American Politician
The FDA first began prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating blood in the early 1980s, at the height of the AIDS crisis, when the risk from blood transfusion was just beginning to be understood. In the decades to follow, the 'lifetime ban' was left largely unchanged.
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Gene Weingarten
American Journalist
While it is true that many hep C victims became infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants or in other innocent ways, mine was contracted during my college years, when I showed as much care for my personal health as your average suicide bomber.
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Jason McCourty
American Football Player
I think for us as people, when we can help someone with a blood transfusion, when we can help somebody with a monetary donation that can go towards research, to know that you can possibly save a life, it's huge.
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Ryan Lewis
American Musician
In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.
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Tim Ferriss
American Author
I was really small and had a lot of health issues growing up. I mean, not compared to some people, certainly, but I had a number of full-body blood transfusions when I was kid.
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Leo Varadkar
Irish Politician
We always need to bear in mind that when it comes to blood transfusion, it's the person that's receiving the blood who takes the risk, not the person donating it.
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Eula Biss
American Writer
The risk of getting Hep B from a blood transfusion is a tiny number, but it's a bigger number than the risk of side effects from the vaccine.
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Chuck Hogan
American Author
Dracula appeared at a time of great technological revolution, utilizing telegraphs, typing machines, and blood transfusions.
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Dwight L. Moody
American Clergyman
Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.
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Serge Lang
Mathematician
Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions.
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Mike Quigley
American Politician
The FDA first began prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating blood in the early 1980s, at the height of the AIDS crisis, when the risk from blood transfusion was just beginning to be understood. In the decades to follow, the 'lifetime ban' was left largely unchanged.
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Gene Weingarten
American Journalist
While it is true that many hep C victims became infected through blood transfusions or organ transplants or in other innocent ways, mine was contracted during my college years, when I showed as much care for my personal health as your average suicide bomber.
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Jason McCourty
American Football Player
I think for us as people, when we can help someone with a blood transfusion, when we can help somebody with a monetary donation that can go towards research, to know that you can possibly save a life, it's huge.
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Ryan Lewis
American Musician
In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.
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Tim Ferriss
American Author
I was really small and had a lot of health issues growing up. I mean, not compared to some people, certainly, but I had a number of full-body blood transfusions when I was kid.
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Leo Varadkar
Irish Politician
We always need to bear in mind that when it comes to blood transfusion, it's the person that's receiving the blood who takes the risk, not the person donating it.
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Eula Biss
American Writer
The risk of getting Hep B from a blood transfusion is a tiny number, but it's a bigger number than the risk of side effects from the vaccine.
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Chuck Hogan
American Author
Dracula appeared at a time of great technological revolution, utilizing telegraphs, typing machines, and blood transfusions.
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Dwight L. Moody
American Clergyman
Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.
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Serge Lang
Mathematician
Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions.
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