transfuse
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See also: transfusé
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From trans- + fusus, past participle of fundō (“I pour, I melt”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
transfuse (third-person singular simple present transfuses, present participle transfusing, simple past and past participle transfused)
- (transitive, medicine) To administer a transfusion of.
- 1952, Vincent Joseph Collins, Principles and Practice of Anesthesiology, page 461:
- A few years subsequent to his investigation, Richard Lower, also working on dogs, successfully tranfused the blood of one dog to that of another.
- (transitive) To pour liquid from one vessel into another.
- (transitive) To diffuse or permeate through something.
Translations[edit]
administer a transfusion
transfuse (all senses)
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
transfuse
- inflection of transfuser:
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
transfuse
- third-person singular past historic of transfondere
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
transfuse f pl
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
trānsfūse
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