transfuse
verb
uk/trænsˈfjuːz/us/trænsˈfjuːz/[IorT]medicalspecialized
tomoveblood, orpartof theblood, from one person'sbodyto another person'sbody:
During thesurgery,doctorstransfused sixpintsofdonatedblood.
Only about aquarterof theplasmathatbloodbankscollectisdirectlytransfused.
Responsibility for thedecisionto transfuserestswithindividualclinicians.
[T]medicalspecialized
to give apersonabloodtransfusion(= theprocessofmovingblood, orpartof theblood, from one person'sbodyto another person'sbody):
He will be transfused as they do thesurgery.
None of the women transfusedobtainedbloodfrom the hospital'sregularsupplies.
[T]medicalspecialized
toinjectliquid(= put it in using aneedleandsyringe)into someone'sbloodvessel(= atubein thebodythrough whichbloodflows)toreplaceliquidthat they havelost:
Pulmonaryoedemamayoccurwhen too muchfluidis transfused.
toaddsomethingpowerfulorimportantto aperson,place,group, etc.:
Immigrants transfusedfreshenergyandenterpriseintoourisland.
When shespokeof herdaughter, herwholebeing was transfused withjoy.
Augmenting and supplementing
- accrete
- accrue
- add
- addendum
- addition
- annexure
- bolt
- bulk up
- extension
- gain
- horizon
- incremental
- interpolate
- interpolation
- new
- tacksomethingon
- tagsomethingon
- topsomethingup
- weight
- writesomethingintosomething