blood transfusion
noun
: a medical treatment in which someone's blood is put into the body of another person
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More than half of patients, whose average age was between 60 and 64, also needed a blood transfusion.
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Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
White, a teenager, became an AIDS activist after contracting HIV from a blood transfusion for hemophilia.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Thankfully, a blood transfusion performed by one of his nurses, Sandy, prevented the worst.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2025
That’s 450 more visits with a blood transfusion in 2023 than the pre-COVID average.
—Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 1 July 2025
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Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
White, a teenager, became an AIDS activist after contracting HIV from a blood transfusion for hemophilia.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Thankfully, a blood transfusion performed by one of his nurses, Sandy, prevented the worst.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2025
That’s 450 more visits with a blood transfusion in 2023 than the pre-COVID average.
—Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for blood transfusion
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“Blood transfusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20transfusion. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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