Transfuse
verb (used with object), transfused, transfusing.
1.
to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill:
to transfuse a love of literature to one’s students.
2.
to diffuse into or through; permeate; infuse.
3.
Medicine/Medical.
to transfer (blood) into the veins or arteries of a person or animal.
to inject, as a saline solution, into a blood vessel.
4.
Archaic. to pour from one container into another.
verb (transitive)
1.
to permeate or infuse: a blush transfused her face
2.
to inject (blood, etc) into a blood vessel
to give a transfusion to (a patient)
3.
(rare) to transfer from one vessel to another, esp by pouring
transfuse trans·fuse (trāns-fyōōz’)
v. trans·fused, trans·fus·ing, trans·fus·es
To administer a transfusion of or to.
trans·fus’a·ble adj.
trans·fu’sive (-fyōō’sĭv, -zĭv) adj.
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