Category:Transfusion

Trans*fu"sion, n. Etym: [l. transfusio: cf. F. transfusion.]

1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel Into another. Howell.

2. (med.)

Defn: 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.