transfusion
noun /trænsˈfjuːʒn/
/trænsˈfjuːʒn/
[countable, uncountable]- (also blood transfusion)the process of putting new blood into the body of a person or an animalOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- blood
- emergency
- get
- have
- receive
- …
- unit
- transfusion of something the act of investing extra money in a place or an activity that needs it
- The project badly needs a transfusion of cash.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin transfusio(n-), from the verb transfundere, from trans- ‘across’ + fundere ‘pour’.