verb
- to transfer blood from one person or animal to another through medical procedure
- to cause something to pass from one thing to another; to permeate or spread throughout
Usage: medical
Usage: formal
Examples
- The doctors had to transfuse two pints of blood to save the patient’s life.
- Emergency rooms keep various blood types ready to transfuse accident victims.
- The sunset seemed to transfuse the entire landscape with golden light.
- Her enthusiasm began to transfuse the whole team with new energy.
- The teacher’s passion for literature transfused her students with love for reading.
- They needed to transfuse O-negative blood because it’s the universal donor type.