blood transfusion
noun
: a medical treatment in which someone's blood is put into the body of another person
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No cases of Lyme disease have been reported from contact with blood or a blood transfusion.
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Jennifer Welsh Published, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
Treatment was immediate, the Halifax, England, mom says: Her daughter was given a blood transfusion, then transferred to Leeds General Infirmary for ten days of intense chemotherapy and steroids.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
The blood transfusion was necessary because tests showed low platelet counts, associated with anemia, the Vatican said.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Rolo was eventually hospitalized at an emergency clinic and diagnosed with emaciation, anemia, scrotal dermatitis, a heart murmur, hookworm and ataxia, which prompted him to get a blood transfusion, the release said.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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Jennifer Welsh Published, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
Treatment was immediate, the Halifax, England, mom says: Her daughter was given a blood transfusion, then transferred to Leeds General Infirmary for ten days of intense chemotherapy and steroids.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
The blood transfusion was necessary because tests showed low platelet counts, associated with anemia, the Vatican said.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Rolo was eventually hospitalized at an emergency clinic and diagnosed with emaciation, anemia, scrotal dermatitis, a heart murmur, hookworm and ataxia, which prompted him to get a blood transfusion, the release said.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Blood transfusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20transfusion. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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