Definition of "transfusion" []

• The act or process of transfusing. (noun)
• Medicine The transfer of whole blood or blood products from one individual to another. (noun)

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• "That's a lot of what I call a transfusion and Wigmore calls, far too politely, "remediation.""
• "My friend John and I have consulted, and we are about to perform what we call transfusion of blood, to transfer from full veins of one to the empty veins which pine for him."
• "My friend John and I have consulted; and we are about to perform what we call transfusion of blood -- to transfer from full veins of one to the empty veins which pine for him."