transfuse


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
transfuse
verb
  • 1 Medicine transfer (blood or its components) from one person or animal to another.

    ■ inject (liquid) into a blood vessel to replace lost fluid.

  • 2 literary permeate or infuse with something.
– derivatives
transfusion noun.
– origin ME: from L. transfus-, transfundere ‘pour from one container to another’.
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