Definition of Transfuse

1. Verb. Impart gradually. "Transfuse love of music into the students"

Exact synonyms: Instill
Generic synonyms: Add, Bestow, Bring, Contribute, Impart, Lend
Specialized synonyms: Breathe

2. Verb. Pour out of one vessel into another.
Generic synonyms: Pour

3. Verb. Treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin.
Exact synonyms: Cup
Category relationships: Medicine, Practice Of Medicine
Generic synonyms: Care For, Treat
Derivative terms: Cupping

4. Verb. Give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to.
Category relationships: Medicine, Practice Of Medicine
Generic synonyms: Administer, Dispense
Derivative terms: Transfusion

Definition of Transfuse

1. v. t. To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.

Definition of Transfuse

1. Verb. (transitive medicine) To administer a transfusion. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To pour liquid from one vessel into another. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To diffuse or permeate through something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transfuse

1. [v -FUSED, -FUSING, -FUSES]

Medical Definition of Transfuse

1. 1. To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring. 2. To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another. 3. To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters. "Into thee such virtue and grace Immense I have transfused." (Milton) Origin: L. Transfusus, p. P. Of transfundere: cf. F. Transfuser. See Transfund. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transfuse

transfreighted
transfreighting
transfreights
transfretation
transfretations
transfrete
transfuge
transfuges
transfugitive
transfugitives
transfund
transfunded
transfunding
transfunds
transfusable
transfuse
transfused
transfuses
transfusible
transfusing
transfusion
transfusion hepatitis
transfusion nephritis
transfusion reaction
transfusional
transfusions
transfusive
transgelin

Literary usage of Transfuse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Physiology by Anthelme Richerand (1819)
"It would be easy, by means of a curved tube, to transfuse the arterial blood of an animal, from a wound in its carotid artery, into the saphena vein of a ..."

2. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1883)
"... that we may send thoughts and feelings any distance in no time at all, and transfuse them warm and fresh into the consciousness of those whom we love. ..."

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