Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transfusion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transfusion \Trans*fu"sion\, n. [L. transfusio: cf. F.
transfusion.]
1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one
vessel into another. --Howell.
2. (Med.) The act or operation of transferring the blood of
one man or animal into the vascular system of another;
also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood
vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can
readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the
peritoneal transfusion of milk.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
transfusion
n : the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or
artery [syn: {blood transfusion}]
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