noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:/tɹænzˈfjuʒən/
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rhymes with -uːʒən
CMU ARPABET:T R AE0 N S F Y UW1 ZH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blood transfusion
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decanting
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: action
Narrower terms: decantation
4
noun
Meaning 4
the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh2t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Latin trans Latin fundō Latin trānsfundō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin transfūsiōbor. English transfusion Borrowed from Latin transfūsiō.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
نَقْل اَلدَّم
(naql ad-dam)
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Arabic:
إِصْفَاق
(ʔiṣfāq)
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Catalan:
transfusió
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Chinese Mandarin:
輸血 /输血
(shūxuè or shūxiě)
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Czech:
transfuze
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Danish:
transfusion
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Dutch:
transfusie
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Esperanto:
transfuzo
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Finnish:
verensiirto
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Galician:
transfusión
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
German:
Transfusion
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
German:
Bluttransfusion
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Greek:
μετάγγιση
(metángisi)
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Hungarian:
vérátömlesztés
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Hungarian:
transzfúzió
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Japanese:
輸血
(yuketsu)
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Malay:
pemindahan darah
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Malay:
transfusi
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Persian:
انتقال خون
(enteqâl-e xôn)
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Polish:
transfuzja
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Romanian:
transfuzie de sânge
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Romanian:
transfuzie
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Russian:
перелива́ние
(perelivánije)
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Russian:
трансфу́зия
(transfúzija)
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Spanish:
transfusión
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Ukrainian:
перелива́ння
(perelyvánnja)
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Ukrainian:
трансфу́зія
(transfúzija)
— medicine: the transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another
Czech:
přelití
— the act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another
Czech:
přelévání
— the act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another
German:
Umfüllen
— the act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another
German:
Umschütten
— the act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another
German:
Umfüllung
— the act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another
Greek:
μετάγγιση
(metángisi)
— the act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another
Greek:
μετακένωση
(metakénosi)
— the act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another
Romanian:
transvazare
— the act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another
Russian:
перелива́ние
(perelivánije)
— the act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another
Ukrainian:
перелива́ння
(perelyvánnja)
— the act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another
