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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

trasfusione di sangue

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tras.fuˈzjoː.ne di ˈsan.ɡwe

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Blood transfusion/ˈblʌd trænsˌfjuː.ʒən/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il paziente ha ricevuto una trasfusione di sangue in sala operatoria."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The process of transferring blood or blood products from one person into the circulatory system of another.

    "The accident victim required an urgent blood transfusion due to severe blood loss."
  2. 2

    A medical procedure used to replace blood components lost through surgery, trauma, or medical illness.

    "During the complex surgery, the patient received a successful platelet transfusion."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'blōd' (referring to the vital fluid of humans and animals) combined with 'transfusion', which originates from the Latin 'transfusio', meaning a pouring from one vessel into another. The medical practice and terminology gained significant scientific structure in the late 19th and early 20th centuries following the discovery of blood groups.

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