blood transfusion

noun

The act or process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously; an instance of it.

“A blood transfusion stabilized her condition until surgery to stop her internal bleeding before it could begin.”

Similar
haemotransfusionhemotransfusiontransfusion
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Meanings

nounblood transfusion (countable and uncountable, plural blood transfusions)

plural blood transfusions

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe act or process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously; an instance of it.

    A blood transfusion stabilized her condition until surgery to stop her internal bleeding before it could begin.

    Synonyms: haemotransfusion, hemotransfusion

  2. countablefigurativelyuncommonuncountableA refreshing or reinvigoration of something.

    Our extramural sports program was on life support until a generous philanthropic donation gave it a much-needed blood transfusion.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act or process of transferring blood products into a person's circulation intravenously; an instance of it.

Similar
haemotransfusionhemotransfusion

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery

Similar
transfusion
Broader
insertionintroductionintromission
Also see
hemotransfusiontransfusion

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans bloedoortapping
  • bloedoortappingtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Arabic نَقْل دَم
  • نَقْل دَم (naql dam)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Basque odol-transfusio
  • odol-transfusiotaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Bengali রক্ত সঞ্চারণ
  • রক্ত সঞ্চারণ (rokto śoncaron)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Bulgarian кръвопреливане
  • кръвопреливане (krăvoprelivane)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Catalan transfusió de sang
  • transfusió de sangtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Chinese Mandarin 輸血 /输血
  • 輸血 /输血 (shūxuè, shūxuě, shūxiě)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Czech krevní transfúze
  • krevní transfúzetaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Danish blodtransfusion
  • blodtransfusiontaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Dutch bloedtransfusie
  • bloedtransfusietaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Esperanto sangotransfuzo
  • sangotransfuzotaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Finnish verensiirto
  • verensiirtotaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
French transfusion sanguine, transfusion
  • transfusion sanguinetaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • transfusiontaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
German Transfusion, Bluttransfusion
  • Transfusiontaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • Bluttransfusiontaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • Blutübertragungtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Greek μετάγγιση αίματος
  • μετάγγιση αίματος (metángisi aímatos)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Hebrew עירוי דם
  • עירוי דםtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Hindi रक्ताधान
  • रक्ताधान (raktādhān)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Hungarian vérátömlesztés, transzfúzió
  • vérátömlesztéstaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • transzfúziótaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • vértranszfúziótaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Indonesian transfusi darah
  • transfusi darahtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Irish fuilaistriú
  • fuilaistriútaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Italian trasfusione
  • trasfusionetaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Japanese 輸血
  • 輸血 (yuketsu)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Korean 수혈
  • 수혈 (suhyeol)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Latvian asins pārliešana
  • asins pārliešanataking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Lithuanian kraujo perpylimas
  • kraujo perpylimastaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Malay pemindahan darah, transfusi
  • pemindahan darahtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • transfusitaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • transfusi darahtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Māori huarangatanga toto
  • huarangatanga tototaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Norwegian blodtransfusjon
  • blodtransfusjontaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Norwegian Bokmål blodoverføring
  • blodoverføringtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Persian انتقال خون
  • انتقال خونtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Polish transfuzja, transfuzja krwi
  • transfuzjataking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • transfuzja krwitaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Portuguese transfusão de sangue
  • transfusão de sanguetaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Romanian transfuzie de sânge, transfuzie sanguină
  • transfuzie de sângetaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • transfuzie sanguinătaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Russian перелива́ние кро́ви, гемотрансфу́зия
  • перелива́ние кро́ви (perelivánije króvi)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • гемотрансфу́зия (gemotransfúzija)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • трансфу́зия (transfúzija)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Spanish transfusión, transfusión de sangre
  • transfusióntaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • transfusión de sangretaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Swahili upaji wa damu
  • upaji wa damutaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Swedish blodtransfusion, blodöverföring
  • blodtransfusiontaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • blodöverföringtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Tagalog pagsasalin ng dugo
  • pagsasalin ng dugotaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Tamil குருதி மாற்றீடு
  • குருதி மாற்றீடு (kuruti māṟṟīṭu)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Thai การถ่ายเลือด
  • การถ่ายเลือดtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Turkish kan nakli
  • kan naklitaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Ukrainian перелива́ння кро́ві, гемотрансфу́зія
  • перелива́ння кро́ві (perelyvánnja króvi)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • гемотрансфу́зія (hemotransfúzija)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
  • трансфу́зія (transfúzija)taking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Vietnamese truyền máu
  • truyền máutaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Welsh trallwysiad gwaed
  • trallwysiad gwaedtaking blood from one and giving it to another individual
Cite this entry
APA

blood transfusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20transfusion

MLA

“blood transfusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20transfusion. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blood transfusion,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood%20transfusion.

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