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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
blood transfusion n → transfusión f de sangre
blood transfusion blood n → transfusion f de sang
blood transfusion n → Blutübertragung f, (Blut)transfusion f
blood transfusion n → trasfusione f di sangue


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Marc Turner, who studies prions in blood at Edinburgh Blood Transfusion Center in Scotland, calls the new report "very promising work.
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Each of the 3 patients had received a blood transfusion from a donor who subsequently developed clinical vCJD, which indicates that transfusion caused the infection.
Blood transfusion and spread of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by Lower, Johannes / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Although the story is now widely discredited, the earliest blood transfusion is said to have occurred in 1492, when the blood of 3 young boys was allegedly transfused into the dying Pope Innocent VIII.
Packed red blood cell transfusion in the intensive care unit: ... by Gerber, David R. / American Journal of Critical Care
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