fus-, fun-, fund-, fut-, found-

1. To pour, as a fluid, from one container to another.
2. To cause to be imparted or instilled.
3. In medicine, to transfer (blood) from one person or animal to another one; performing a transfusion.

Capable of being transfused or to administer a transfusion.

1. The act of pouring from one container into another one; hence, transference, or the transmission of something: Frank tipped the pitcher of lemonade in order to complete the transfusion of the drink from the container to his glass.
2. In medicine, the transfer of a body fluid from one person, or animal, to the veins of another person, or animal: A transfusion involves the injection of blood or a blood component into the bloodstream.

The transfusion of large volumes of life-saving liquid into the bloodstream is also done primarily to remedy someone who has bled severely after an accident or has lost a lot of blood during surgery.

During a transfusion, the patient's pulse, blood pressure, and temperature are measured regularly and, if there are any signs of bad reactions, the transfusion is discontinued.

One of a variety of reactions that can occur as a result of blood transfusions.

The most serious is the response of the recipient when incompatible blood is administered, in which case massive intravascular (occurring within blood vessels) clumping and lysis (destruction) of red blood cells occur.

1. Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is the result of an intrauterine blood transfusion from one twin to another twin.

TTTS occurs in monochorionic, monozygotic twins. The donor twin is often smaller and anemic at birth. The recipient twin is usually larger and plethoric at birth.

2. Also known as Feto-Fetal Transfusion Syndrome (FFTS) and Twin Oligohydramnios-Polyhydramnios Sequence (TOPS) is a complication with high morbidity and mortality that can affect identical twins or higher multiple pregnancies where two or more fetuses share a common (monochorionic) placenta.

In twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, the twins share not only the same placenta but some of the same blood circulation; in other words, they essentially share a single blood supply. This allows the transfusion of blood from one twin (the donor) to the other (the recipient).

The donor twin becomes small and anemic, and the recipient twin becomes large and overloaded with blood.

The transfusion causes the donor twin to have decreased blood volume, retarding the donor's development and growth, and also decreased urinary output, leading to a lower than normal level of amniotic fluid (becoming oligohydramnios).

The blood volume of the recipient is increased, which can strain the donor's heart and eventually lead to heart failure, and also higher than normal urinary output, which can lead to excess amniotic fluid (becoming polyhydramnios).

A term that has been used for a method of in which circulating blood can be submitted to dialysis outside the body and returned to the circulation of the body without exposure to air or to any noxious conditions: Normally, vividiffusion is the process of cleansing the blood by passing it through a special machine; a procedure that can be a substitute for many of the normal duties of the kidneys.