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Noun: transfusion  tranz'fyoo-zhun
  1. The introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery
    "The accident victim required an immediate blood transfusion";
    - blood transfusion
     
  2. The action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another
    "The chemist performed a careful transfusion of the solution"

Derived forms: transfusions

Type of: action, insertion, introduction, intromission

Encyclopedia: Transfusion