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autotransfusion

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood, extracted previously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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History

Etymology

From auto- + transfusion.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 自體輸血 /自体输血 (zìtǐ shūxuè) — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • Finnish: oman veren siirto — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • Finnish: omaverensiirto — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • Finnish: autotransfuusio — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • French: autotransfusion — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • French: auto-transfusion — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • German: Autotransfusion — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • Greek: αυτομετάγγιση (aftometángisi) — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • Indonesian: autotransfusi — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • Italian: autotrasfusione — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • Japanese: 自己血輸血 (jikoketsuyuketsu) — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • Korean: 자가수혈 (jagasuhyeol) — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood
  • Polish: autotransfuzja — blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood