Transfusion1. (n.) The act of pouring out of one vessel into another; the operation of transferring blood from 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.
Thesaurus Entries
arterial transfusion, blood bank, blood donor, blood donor center, blood transfusion, bloodmobile, communication, conduction, contagion, convection, delivery, deportation, diapedesis, diffusion, direct transfusion, dissemination, drip transfusion, exchange transfusion, export, exportation, expulsion, exsanguination transfusion, exsanguino transfusion, extradition, imbuement, import, importation, interchange, metastasis, metathesis, metempsychosis, migration, mutual transfer, osmosis, overrunning, overspreading, overswarming, passage, passing over, penetration, perfusion, permeation, pervasion, plasma transfusion, reciprocal transfusion, replacement transfusion, serum, serum transfusion, spread, spreading, suffusion, transduction, transfer, transfer of property, transference, transit, transition, translation, translocation, transmigration, transmigration of souls, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, transplacement, transplantation, transposal, transposition, travel, venous transfusion