transfusion

Borrowed from Latin transfūsiō.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænzˈfjuʒən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːʒən

transfusion (countable and uncountable, plural transfusions)

1. (medicine) The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.

   Synonym: blood transfusion

   Coordinate term: infusion

2. The act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another.

   Synonym: decanting

   Coordinate term: infusion

Learned borrowing from Latin transfūsiō.

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.fy.zjɔ̃/

transfusion f (plural transfusions)

1. (medicine) blood transfusion

• “transfusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012