Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To administer a transfusion of.

    transfundieren

    give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to

  2. (transitive)To pour liquid from one vessel into another.

    pour out of one vessel into another

  3. (transitive)To diffuse or permeate through something.

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
administer a transfusion:

Origin

From trans- + fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour, to melt”). By surface analysis, t

From trans- + fusus, past participle of fundō (“to pour, to melt”). By surface analysis, trans- + fuse.

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Forms

transfuses, transfusing, transfused, transfused
Base formtransfuse · to transfuse
3rd person singulartransfuses
Present participletransfusing
Past simpletransfused
Past participletransfused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytransfuse
he, she, ittransfuses

Past simpleLesson

all personstransfused

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave transfused
he, she, ithas transfused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill transfuse

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin:cup
  • impart gradually:instill

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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