transfusion

Meanings

• Noun

  The act of transferring blood or other fluids from one person to another.

  - "During the surgery, the patient received a transfusion to replace the lost blood."
  - "The transfusion saved the life of the accident victim."

• Noun

  The process of transferring an organ or tissue from one person's body to another person's body.

  - "The heart transfusion was a success."
  - "The lung transplant patient is recovering well."

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Synonyms

blood transfusion

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with transfusion
infusion , confusion , impression

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Variants

List of all variants of transfusion that leads to same result
transfusion , transfusional , transfusions , blood transfusion

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Etymology

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Derived from the Latin word 'transfundere,' meaning 'to pour across.'

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Trivia

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1. The first successful blood transfusion was performed in 1667 by Jean Baptiste Denys.

2. Blood type O is known as the 'universal donor' because it can be given to people with any blood type.

3. Organ transplants have been performed since the late 1950s, with the first successful kidney transplant taking place in 1954.

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Related Concepts

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1. Blood transfusion: A medical procedure in which blood is transferred from a donor to a recipient.

2. Organ transplantation: A surgical procedure to replace a damaged or failing organ with a healthy one from a donor.

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Culture

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Transfusions have been used in medicine for over a century, saving countless lives. They have been a subject of various works of literature, including F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby,' where a character undergoes a transfusion to cover up a murder.

How to Memorize "transfusion"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a bag of blood being transferred from one person to another through a tube.
   - Visualize the process of extracting blood from a donor and transferring it to a recipient.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'transfusion' with the image of a person receiving life-saving treatment.
   - Connect the word with the idea of giving or receiving help or support.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the phrase 'Transferring life,' to remember the meaning of transfusion.
   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: T - Transferring, A - Act, F - Fluids, U - Undergo, S - Surgery, I - Important, O - Organ, N - Necessary.

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