Autotransfusion
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Autotransfusion is a noun meaning (medicine) A blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood, extracted previously.
Meaning
(medicine) A blood transfusion in which a person receives their own blood, extracted previously.
Example Sentences
Strange to say, the method of autotransfusion, as it has been happily named by the French, has, notwithstanding its simplicity, failed to obtain in practice the reception it deserves.
Word Forms
- autotransfusions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intraoperative, autotransplant, transfusion, autotransplantation, transfusing, xenoperfusion.
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