autotransfusion en · NOUN
Etymology
From auto- + transfusion.
Meanings
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A blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood, extracted previously.
Strange to say, the method of autotransfusion, as it has been happily named by the French, has, notwithstanding its simplicity, failed to obtain in practice the reception it deserves.
1877, Dr. L. Lesser, “Transfusion and Autotransfusion”, in Clinical Lectures on Subjects Connected with Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| autotransfusions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (13)
id autotransfusi (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · pl autotransfuzja (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · cmn 自體輸血 /自体输血 (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · fr autotransfusion (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · it autotrasfusione (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · fi oman veren siirto (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · el αυτομετάγγιση (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · de Autotransfusion (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · fi autotransfuusio (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · ja 自己血輸血 (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · fi omaverensiirto (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · ko 자가수혈 (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood) · fr auto-transfusion (blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood)