autotransfusev.
/ˌɔːtəʊtransˈfjuːz/, U.S. /ˌɔdətræn(t)sˈfjuz/, /ˌɔdoʊtræn(t)sˈfjuz/, /ˌɑdətræn(t)sˈfjuz/, /ˌɑdoʊtræn(t)sˈfjuz/; see also transfuse v. Medicine.
transitive. To perform an autotransfusion of (blood). Also: to perform an autotransfusion on (a patient).
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1902 Australasian Med. Gaz. 20 Dec. 633/1 The blood of the tumour was auto-transfused through the uterine veins.
1939 Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 32 743 The remaining 12 ozs. was auto-transfused back to its original owner.
1976 Surgery 80 474 In the latter group, seven patients who were autotransfused with blood contaminated by intestinal contents survived near fatal injuries.
2006 S. M. Nettina et al. Lippincott Man. Nursing Pract. (ed. 8) xii. 376/1 During the first 4 to 12 hours, blood recovered from mediastinal tubes can be autotransfused to the patient.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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