transfusion
English Thesaurus
1. the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | action, |
| definition | : | something done (usually as opposed to something said) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | decantation, |
| definition | : | the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees (noun.act) |
2. the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | exchange transfusion, |
| definition | : | slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | transfuse, |
| definition | : | give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | transfuse, |
| definition | : | give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to (verb.body) |
Visual ArtiKata
Explore transfusion in ArtiKata.com >