blood transfusion
noun
: a medical treatment in which someone's blood is put into the body of another person
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Bloodworth Thomason, whose mother had recently died after getting AIDS through a blood transfusion, earned an Emmy nomination for writing the episode.
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 Feb. 2026
Jellison was in a traumatic accident as a child and said a blood transfusion saved his life.
—Logan Hall, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Summers required a life saving blood transfusion, and went into cardiac arrest a second time due to blood loss.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 4 Feb. 2026
Anyone who has ever had a blood transfusion owes a debt to Black physician Charles Richard Drew.
—Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 Feb. 2026
Jellison was in a traumatic accident as a child and said a blood transfusion saved his life.
—Logan Hall, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
Summers required a life saving blood transfusion, and went into cardiac arrest a second time due to blood loss.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 4 Feb. 2026
Anyone who has ever had a blood transfusion owes a debt to Black physician Charles Richard Drew.
—Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Blood transfusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20transfusion. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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