All 4 Uses
transfuse
in
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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- After Henrietta checked into the hospital, a nurse drew blood and labeled the vial COLORED, then stored it in case Henrietta needed transfusions later.†
Chpt 1.8
- She got one blood transfusion after another because her kidneys could no longer filter the toxins from her blood, leaving her nauseated from the poison of her own body.†
Chpt 1.11
- She got so much blood that one doctor wrote a note in her record stopping all transfusions "until her deficit with the blood bank was made up."†
Chpt 1.11 *
- They used hybrids to create the first monoclonal antibodies, special proteins later used to create cancer therapies like Herceptin, and to identify the blood groups that increased the safety of transfusions.†
Chpt 2.18
Definitions:
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(1)
(transfuse) to transfer something -- especially to transfer blood into a person
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) to cause something to be filled with something -- such as a person with joy, or a meadow with sunlight