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transfuse
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
transfuse
(verb)
transfuse
/træns
ˈ
fjuːz/
verb
transfuses
;
transfused
;
transfusing
transfuse
/træns
ˈ
fjuːz/
verb
transfuses
;
transfused
;
transfusing
Britannica Dictionary definition of TRANSFUSE
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medical
:
to take (blood) from one person or animal and put it into another
The hospital staff
transfuses
more than 8,000 units of blood annually.
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