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blood transfusion
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Noun1.blood transfusionblood transfusion - the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery
transfusion
intromission, insertion, introduction - the act of putting one thing into another
exchange transfusion - slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood
Translations
Spanish blood transfusion n → transfusión f de sangre
French blood transfusion blood n → transfusion f de sang
German blood transfusion n → Blutübertragung f, (Blut)transfusion f
Italian blood transfusion n → trasfusione f di sangue
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However, there's evidence that at least three people contracted the disease from blood transfusions that carried prions.
Better blood: new tool removes agent of brain disease by Brownlee, C. / Science News
Thus, we can calculate the number of infections from blood transfusions compared with the number of infections from alimentary transmission alone.
Blood transfusion and spread of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by Lower, Johannes / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Complications of blood transfusions such as transfusion reactions and the transmission of a variety of infectious agents long have been recognized.
Packed red blood cell transfusion in the intensive care unit: ... by Gerber, David R. / American Journal of Critical Care
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