Meanings
nounautotransfusion (plural autotransfusions)
plural autotransfusions
- medicineA blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood, extracted previously.
Strange to say, the method of autotransfusion, as it has been happily named by the French, has, notwithstanding its simplicity, failed to obtain in practice the reception it deserves.
1877, Dr. L. Lesser, “Transfusion and Autotransfusion”, in Clinical Lectures on Subjects Connected with Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 自體輸血 /自体输血
- 自體輸血 /自体输血 (zìtǐ shūxuè)blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
Finnish oman veren siirto, omaverensiirto
- oman veren siirtoblood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
- omaverensiirtoblood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
- autotransfuusioblood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
French autotransfusion, auto-transfusion
- autotransfusionblood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
- auto-transfusionblood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
German Autotransfusion
- Autotransfusionblood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
Greek αυτομετάγγιση
- αυτομετάγγιση (aftometángisi)blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
Indonesian autotransfusi
- autotransfusiblood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
Italian autotrasfusione
- autotrasfusioneblood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
Japanese 自己血輸血
- 自己血輸血 (jikoketsuyuketsu)blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
Korean 자가수혈
- 자가수혈 (jagasuhyeol)blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
Polish autotransfuzja
- autotransfuzjablood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
Cite this entry
APA
autotransfusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autotransfusion
MLA
“autotransfusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autotransfusion. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autotransfusion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autotransfusion.
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