From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Transfusion \Trans*fu"sion\, noun [L. transfusio: cf. F. transfusion.]
1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. --Howell.
2. (Med.) The act or operation of transferring the blood of 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery [syn: {blood transfusion}]
2: the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "transfusion": 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
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