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Definition of transfusion noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

transfusion

noun
 
/trænsˈfjuːʒn/
 
/trænsˈfjuːʒn/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. (also blood transfusion)
     the process of putting new blood into the body of a person or an animal
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • blood
    • emergency
    verb + transfusion
    • get
    • have
    • receive
    • …
    transfusion + noun
    • unit
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  2. transfusion of something the act of investing extra money in a place or an activity that needs it
    • The project badly needs a transfusion of cash.
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin transfusio(n-), from the verb transfundere, from trans- ‘across’ + fundere ‘pour’.
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