retransfusev.
/ˌriːtransˈfjuːz/, /ˌriːtrɑːnsˈfjuːz/, U.S. /ˌriˌtræn(t)sˈfjuz/ΚΠ
a1711 T. Ken Anodynes in Wks. (1721) III. 469 When Death my Spirit shall unchain, Which soon as 'tis unloos'd, Shall into God be retransfus'd.
a1711 T. Ken Preparatives for Death in Wks. (1721) IV. 32 On God to retransfuse the Mind, And live with Will resign'd.
2. transitive. Chiefly Medicine. To give (a person or animal) a second or subsequent blood transfusion or an autotransfusion; to transfuse (fluid, blood, etc.) again; to autotransfuse (blood previously drawn for transfusion, lost during surgery, etc.). Occasionally also intransitive. Also in figurative context.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > infuse > again or in addition
reinfuse1593
superinfusea1631
retransfuse1898
1898 L. Sergeant Franks xx. 294 The strongest strain of the settlers was always that which had been re-transfused with Eastern and Northern blood.
1903 J. P. L. Mummery After-treatment of Operations iv. 67 All that is then necessary to retransfuse is to unwrap the tube, refix the glass funnel, and remove the clip.
1906 Science 14 Dec. 765/2 Blood was transfused, retransfused and reversely transfused over a period of a month in the same dogs.
1921 Ann. Surg. 74 254 Autotransfusion might be considered in other conditions... This blood may be kept with safety and retransfused at a time when such a procedure may be life-saving.
1960 Lancet 16 Jan. 173/1 At that time it was the rule to try to retransfuse as much of the intra-abdominal blood as possible.
2001 Jrnl. Arthroplasty 16 844 Twelve patients undergoing cementless hip joint arthroplasty were retransfused with unwashed drainage blood collected postoperatively.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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