BLOOD TRANSFUSION

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

 Context examples 

The plasma that is separated from the whole blood and frozen quickly after a blood donation in order to be used for blood transfusions.

(Fresh Frozen Plasma, NCI Thesaurus)

They may also be used to lower the number of blood transfusions needed during and after certain major surgeries.

(Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent, NCI Dictionary)

In medicine, a person who gives blood, cells, tissue, or an organ for use in another person, such as in a blood transfusion or an organ transplant.

(Donor, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used to treat too much iron in the blood caused by blood transfusions.

(Deferasirox, NCI Dictionary)

Hemochromatosis may be inherited, or it may be caused by blood transfusions.

(Hemochromatosis, NCI Dictionary)

Secondary hemochromatosis is usually the result of something else, such as anemia, thalassemia, liver disease, or blood transfusions.

(Hemochromatosis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

It may be a manifestation of an inherited disorder (e.g., hemochromatosis) or acquired (in patients with repeated blood transfusions).

(Iron overload, NCI Thesaurus)

Iron overload may be inherited, or it may be caused by blood transfusions.

(Iron overload, NCI Dictionary)

The route is used for blood transfusion or fluid therapy when other routes are awkward, as in neonates.

(Intramedullary Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include autoimmune disorders, blood transfusions, and drugs.

(Immune Hemolytic Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)