autotransfusionn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)transˈfjuːʒn/, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)trɑːnsˈfjuːʒn/, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)tranzˈfjuːʒn/, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)trɑːnzˈfjuːʒn/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊtræn(t)sˈfjuʒ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdoʊtræn(t)sˈfjuʒ(ə)n/, /ˌɔdətræn(t)sˈfjuʒ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdətræn(t)sˈfjuʒ(ə)n/ Medicine.
1. Displacement of blood from the periphery of the body towards the heart and vital organs, esp. by elevation or compression of the limbs; an instance of this.
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1876 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 29 June 742 This method has been called auto-transfusion by the French, and seems destined to become of the greatest value.
1910 W. S. Dickie tr. F. Lejars Urgent Surg. II. x. 513 Recourse must be had at once to auto-transfusion..by lowering the head and elevating the limbs, enveloping them with wool, and compressing them by bandaging.
1962 Lancet 13 Jan. 76/2 Throughout labour the anaemic heart has to deal with repeated small autotransfusions from the vascular bed of the uterus and placenta.
2004 Internat. Jrnl. Gynecol. & Obstetr. 87 123/1 This amount of pressure applied to the lower extremities and the abdominal capacitance vessels results in increased return of blood from the lower body and auto transfusion to the central circulation.
2. Transfusion of a person's own blood or blood products (either saved after a haemorrhage or removed and stored for later use, e.g. following surgery); an instance of this.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transfusion > [noun] > of blood > type of
reinfusion1631
plasmapheresis1914
autotransfusion1916
immunotransfusion1919
plasmaphoresis1935
1916 Pacific Coast Jrnl. Homeopathy 27 107 (heading) Autotransfusion of blood after severe gynaecologic hemorrhage.
1968 New Scientist 11 Apr. 62/2 Two doctors at the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, have..developed an apparatus which uses the..simple idea of ‘autotransfusion’. The apparatus, retrieves, purifies, and re-injects the patient's own blood.
1991 Woodlands (Texas) Sun 14 Nov. a6/3 Biodynamics received a U.S. patent on its autotransfusion system in June.
2002 Amer. Econ. Rev. 92 811/2 (note) Some cyclists started to get autotransfusions (transfusions of blood to themselves) to enhance their performance.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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