transfusion B2 Topic:Health & Medicine US /tɹænzˈfjuʒən/ See IPA manual Freq #16505 Meanings 1 noun The process of putting blood from one person into the body of another, usually during medical treatment. The accident victim needed a blood transfusion to survive. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the process of putting... blood transfusion Word family Forms transfusions Derived forms autotransfusionhaemotransfusionhemotransfusionhypertransfusionintertransfusionmicrotransfusionmistransfusionmyelotransfusionposttransfusionpretransfusionretransfusiontransfusional Common collocations blood transfusion Noun + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin transfūsiō. transfūsiō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Health & Medicine The Human Body External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # transfusion **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /tɹænzˈfjuʒən/ **Frequency rank:** 16505 ## Meanings 1. The process of putting blood from one person into the body of another, usually during medical treatment. ## Examples - The accident victim needed a blood transfusion to survive. ## Derived Forms - autotransfusion - haemotransfusion - hemotransfusion - hypertransfusion - intertransfusion - microtransfusion - mistransfusion - myelotransfusion - posttransfusion - pretransfusion - retransfusion - transfusional ## Roots and Affixes - Root: transfūsiō ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin transfūsiō. ## AI Etymology Transfusion is borrowed from Latin transfūsiō. The historical line also includes Latin transfūsiō. In present-day use, it can mean the process of putting blood from one person into the body of another, usually during medical treatment. Derived formations include autotransfusion, haemotransfusion, hemotransfusion, hypertransfusion, intertransfusion, microtransfusion, mistransfusion, myelotransfusion. ## Topics - Health & Medicine - The Human Body markdown