Definition of transfuse Transfuse

/tɹænsfjuˈz/ - [transfyuz] - trans•fuse

We found 12 definitions of transfuse from 5 different sources.

What does transfuse mean?

Verb transfuses, transfusing, transfused
transfuse - give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to
		dispense, administer grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"
		practice of medicine, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
transfuse - pour out of one vessel into another
		pour move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
transfuse - treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
		cup
		care for, treat be fond of; be attached to
		practice of medicine, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
transfuse - impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"
		instill
		bestow, impart, lend, contribute, add, bring give as a gift
		breathe draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"

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transfuse (v. t.)
To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.
transfuse (v. t.)
To transfer, as blood, from the veins or arteries of one man or animal to those of another.
transfuse (v. t.)
To cause to pass from to another; to cause to be instilled or imbibed; as, to transfuse a spirit of patriotism into a man; to transfuse a love of letters.

transfuse
trans-fūz′, v.t. to pour out into another vessel: to cause to pass from one to another: to cause to be imbibed.—n. Transfū′ser.—adj. Transfū′sible, capable of being transfused.—ns. Transfū′sion, the act of transfusing, esp. blood from the veins of one animal into another; Transfū′sionist.—adj. Transfū′sive, tending or having power to transfuse.—adv. Transfū′sively. [L. trans, over, fundĕre, fusum, to pour.]