BLOOD TRANSFUSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does blood transfusion mean? • BLOOD TRANSFUSION (noun)
The noun BLOOD TRANSFUSION has 1 sense:
1. the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery
Familiarity information: BLOOD TRANSFUSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BLOOD TRANSFUSION (noun)
Meaning:
The introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
blood transfusion; transfusion
Hypernyms ("blood transfusion" is a kind of...):
insertion; introduction; intromission (the act of putting one thing into another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood transfusion"):
exchange transfusion (slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood)
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