blood transfusion

noun

: a medical treatment in which someone's blood is put into the body of another person

Examples of blood transfusion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Doc Rivers used to say that winning a title next to someone is like undergoing a blood transfusion, bonding you to your teammates for life in ways that can be understood only after accomplishing the ultimate goal. Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024 If bleeding cannot be rapidly controlled with surgery, a blood transfusion may be needed. Krissi Danielsson, Parents, 1 July 2024 The mom of three underwent chemotherapy, radiation, a mastectomy, reconstruction surgery, and also a blood transfusion. Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 1 June 2024 For Atlanticists, most of them aging men but with no shortage of youthful pretenders among them, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been the equivalent of a blood transfusion. Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 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 27 Jul. 2024.

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