How to Use transfusion in a Sentence

transfusion

noun

• Without a transfusion her chances of survival were slim.
• Nathan will need transfusions for the rest of his life.
  — Karina Bland, azcentral, 25 Aug. 2019
• The new study suggests a way to cut the need for those transfusions.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 18 Apr. 2018
• Both artists took part in a transfusion of their own blood into the corpse of Siamese twins.
  — Jane Perlez, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
• Staff restarted his heart and gave him a transfusion of 2.5 liters of blood.
  — Alan Cullison, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2022
• To save her life, Bruce gives her a blood transfusion and, well…the rest is history.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 20 May 2022
• Never mind that White, who was not gay, got the disease from a blood transfusion.
  — Chris Sikich, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2020
• Why can’t a person with type A blood receive a transfusion of type B blood?
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 30 June 2020
• Imagine going to the doctor for a cough and getting a transfusion of blood from a goat.
  — Jeffrey M. Sturek, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2020
• And at some point, the transfusions would no longer be effective.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2019
• At its worst, the blood loss could put women at the point of needing a transfusion and even at risk for a heart attack or stroke.
  — Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2023
• There were about 31 blood product transfusions in that short time.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
• Coe spent six months awaiting a donor for his transfusion.
  — Kalyn Kahler, SI.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• The transfusions in the womb kept her alive, but only treated her illness.
  — New York Times, 25 May 2018
• Blood that is supposed to be kept cold before a transfusion isn't.
  — Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2021
• Right now, Britain is like a patient who is receiving a blood transfusion in one arm and has slashed the veins in the other.
  — Henry Porter, The Hive, 10 Dec. 2017
• Platelets don’t have as long of a shelf-life as blood so transfusions must occur within five days.
  — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2019
• Of these, 39 did not require a red blood cell transfusion for at least 12 months after the treatment.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2023
• Lopez was bleeding at the cannula sites, as well, and would need a transfusion.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
• The clinic offered to do a transfusion for six months’ worth of minimum wage.
  — Rachelle Krygier, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2018
• As a nurse, Marcia Purol used her hands to give chemotherapy and blood transfusion.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2022
• The parasite wrecks the body so quickly that by the time children are taken to the hospital, many are in dire need of a blood transfusion.
  — Apoorva Mandavilli Kang-Chun Cheng, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• The parents filed a petition with the Arizona Court of Appeals seeking to halt the transfusions.
  — Ken Alltucker, azcentral, 4 Apr. 2018
• While Johnson is throwing darts at the longevity board and seeing what sticks, young plasma transfusions don’t seem to make the cut.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 8 July 2023
• The remaining three had more than a 70 percent reduction in the need for red cell transfusions.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2023
• In September, Stokes went to the hospital for a blood transfusion but had a troubling cough.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Nov. 2021
• The remaining three had more than a 70 percent reduction in the need for transfusions.
  — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
• The young man is now undergoing chemotherapy, had a blood transfusion and had the fluid drained from his lungs and heart.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 28 Feb. 2018
• Most of its usage to date, though, has been in situations where normal transfusions were not an option.
  — Byandrew Zaleski, science.org, 3 July 2024
• When Baba visited in late July, her body was covered in bruises from attempts to find a vein for regular transfusions.
  — Jane Arraf, NPR, 31 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024