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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Transfusion \Trans*fu"sion\, n. [L. transfusio: cf. F.
     transfusion.]
     1. The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one
        vessel into another. --Howell.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Med.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  transfusion
       n 1: the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or
            artery [syn: {blood transfusion}]
       2: the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "transfusion":
     arterial transfusion, blood bank, blood donor, blood donor center,
     blood transfusion, bloodmobile, communication, conduction,
     contagion, convection, delivery, deportation, diapedesis,
     diffusion, direct transfusion, dissemination, drip transfusion,
     exchange transfusion, export, exportation, expulsion,
     exsanguination transfusion, exsanguino transfusion, extradition,
     imbuement, import, importation, interchange, metastasis,
     metathesis, metempsychosis, migration, mutual transfer, osmosis,
     overrunning, overspreading, overswarming, passage, passing over,
     penetration, perfusion, permeation, pervasion, plasma transfusion,
     reciprocal transfusion, replacement transfusion, serum,
     serum transfusion, spread, spreading, suffusion, transduction,
     transfer, transfer of property, transference, transit, transition,
     translation, translocation, transmigration,
     transmigration of souls, transmission, transmittal, transmittance,
     transplacement, transplantation, transposal, transposition, travel,
     venous transfusion
  
  

















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