transfusion
IPA: trænsfjˈuʒʌn
noun
- (medicine) The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
- The act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another.
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Examples of "transfusion" in Sentences
- That's a lot of what I call a transfusion and Wigmore calls, far too politely, "remediation."
- A week later, the twin-twin transfusion findings were unchanged except for a significant increase in amniotic fluid volume around the recipient twin.
- My friend John and I have consulted, and we are about to perform what we call transfusion of blood, to transfer from full veins of one to the empty veins which pine for him.
- My friend John and I have consulted; and we are about to perform what we call transfusion of blood -- to transfer from full veins of one to the empty veins which pine for him.
- Because of the progression of findings characteristic of twin-twin transfusion syndrome despite amnioreduction therapy, she was offered selective laser photocoagulation treatment.
- This transfusion is needed because: bad laws have obscured the values on financial institution balance sheets, and have created a clot in the credit arteries that keep the economy alive.
- The problem of twin-twin transfusion syndrome was initially identified at 15 weeks gestation as significant fetal size and amniotic fluid differences, but over the seven days prior to her referral, there was evidence of significant cardiac changes in the larger (recipient) twin.
- Amongst the twins with twin-twin transfusion syndrome, the donor twin had mild oligohydramnios, a small bladder, marginal insertion of the umbilical cord into the placenta and an elevated umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry findings suggesting increased placental resistance to blood flow.
- At the time of her evaluation for twin-twin transfusion with us, the recipient twin was found to have severe biventricular cardiac dysfunction, with moderate to severe leakage (regurgitation) across both mitral and tricuspid valves, severe pulmonic insufficiency with no forward flow across the pulmonary valve and reverse flow seen within the pulmonary artery.
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