TRANSFUSION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transfusion" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transfusion"):

decantation (the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery

Synonyms:

blood transfusion; transfusion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transfusion" is a kind of...):

insertion; introduction; intromission (the act of putting one thing into another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transfusion"):

exchange transfusion (slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood)

Derivation:

transfuse (give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to)

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Context examples:

Upon transfusion, CD19CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing allogeneic T-lymphocyte cells direct the T-lymphocytes to CD19-expressing tumor cells, thereby inducing a selective toxicity in CD19-expressing tumor cells.

(CD19CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing Allogeneic T-lymphocyte Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon transfusion, CD33-specific CAR retroviral vector-transduced autologous T lymphocytes target CD33-expressing tumor cells and induce selective toxicity in CD33-expressing tumor cells.

(CD33CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing Autologous T-Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon transfusion, CD19CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing autologous T-lymphocytes direct the T-lymphocytes to CD19-expressing tumor cells, thereby inducing a selective toxicity in CD19-expressing tumor cells.

(CD19CAR-CD3zeta-4-1BB-expressing Autologous T-lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

The direct test is applied to red cells which have been coated with antibody in vivo (e.g., in hemolytic disease of newborn, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and transfusion reactions).

(Coombs Test, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Treatment options include transfusions, drug therapy, chemotherapy, and blood or bone marrow stem cell transplants.

(Myelodysplastic Syndromes, NIH National Cancer Institute)

A person trained to collect blood for transfusion, analysis, or experimental testing.

(Phlebotomist, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used to give intravenous fluids, blood transfusions, and chemotherapy and other drugs, and for taking blood samples.

(Central venous access catheter, NCI Dictionary)

They might involve medicines, blood transfusions or a bone marrow transplant.

(Bone Marrow Diseases, NIH)

The disease can also spread through contaminated food, a blood transfusion, a donated organ or from mother to baby during pregnancy.

(Chagas Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Upon transfusion, autologous PBTL CD19CAR-28/CD137zeta directs the T-lymphocytes to CD19-expressing tumor cells and induces selective toxicity in CD19-expressing tumor cells.