transfuse en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /tɹænsˈfjuːz/
Etymology
From trans- + fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour, to melt”). By surface analysis, trans- + fuse.
Meanings
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(transitive) To administer a transfusion of.
A few years subsequent to his investigation, Richard Lower, also working on dogs, successfully tranfused the blood of one dog to that of another.
1952, Vincent Joseph Collins, Principles and Practice of Anesthesiology, page 461:
- (transitive) To pour liquid from one vessel into another.
- (transitive) To diffuse or permeate through something.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| transfusing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| transfused | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| transfused | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| transfuses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
untransfused · transfusable · polytransfused · autotransfuse · xenotransfuse · mistransfuse · transfusible · retransfuse · nontransfused · microtransfused
Translations (9)
no transfundere (transfuse (all senses)) · fr transfuser (transfuse (all senses)) · bg преливам (administer a transfusion) · az köçürmək (administer a transfusion) · es transfundir (transfuse (all senses)) · bg преливам (transfuse (all senses)) · az köçürmək (transfuse (all senses)) · io transfuzar (transfuse (all senses)) · de transfundieren (administer a transfusion)