transfusion

[Lat. transfusio, from trans fusus, pa. par. of trans fun do to transfuse (q. v.); Sp. transfusion, trafusion; Ital. transfusione, trafusione.] 1. Ord . Lang .: The act or proce of transfusing, or of pouring, as a liquor, out of one ve el into another; a causing to pa from one into another; the state of being transfused. "It is with languages as 'tis with liquors, which by transfusion use to take wind from one ve el to another." -Howell: Letters , bk. ii., let. 47. 2. Surg.: The operation of transmitting blood from the veins of one living animal to those of another, or from those of a man or one of the lower animals into a man, with the view of restoring the vigor of exhausted subjects. The idea of renewing vital power by the transfusion of the blood seems to have been familiar to the ancients, and is found in the works of the alchemists of the Middle Ages, who imagined that it might be the means of perpetuating youth. The operation is now frequently resorted to in cases of extreme lo of blood by hæmorrhage, especially when connected with labor. Modern experiments, particularly those of Prevost and Dumas, show that the blood of calves or sheep injected into the veins of a cat or rabbit is fatal, and mammals into whose veins the blood of birds is transfused die, The experiments of Milne-Edwards and Lafond indicate that this result does not take place when the animals belong to nearly allied species; thus an a , whose blood was nearly exhausted, recovered when the blood of a horse was transfused into its veins. "The experiment of transfusion proves, that the blood of one animal will serve for another." -Paley: Natural Theology, ch. xxv. trans-fü-şive, adj. [Eng. transfus (e); -ive.] Tending or having power to transfuse. *trănş-găn-get-ic, adj . [Pref. trans- , and Eng. Gangetic.] On the opposite side of the Ganges; pertaining or relating to countries on the other side of the Ganges. trăns-gre ', *trans-gre e, verb t . & i. [Lat. transgre us, pa. par. of transgredior =to step over, to pa over: trans =acro , over, and gradior =to step, to walk; Fr. transgre er (O. Fr. transgrédir ); Sp. fransgredir , trasgredir ; Ital. transgredire , tras gredire.] A. Transitive : *I. Lit.: To pa over or beyond; to overstep. "Apt to run riot and transgre the goal." Dryden. ( Todd.) IMG:content-1333.png:[blocks in formation] For the difference between to transgre and to infringe, see INFRINGE. *trăns-gre -i-ble, a. [Eng. transgre ; -ible.] Capable of being transgre ed; liable to be transgre ed. trăns-grěs-sion ( as sh), *trans-gres-sy-on, subst . [French transgre ion , from Lat. transgres sionem, acc us. of transgre io , from transgre us , pa. par. of transgredior ; Spanish transgresion , trasgresion; Italian transgre i one, trasgre ione .] (TRANSGRESS.] 1. The act of transgre ing; the act of breaking or violating any law or rule, moral or civil, prescribed, expre ed, or implied. "Sin is a transgre ion of some law."-Bp. Taylor: Rule of Conscience, bk. ii., ch. i. 2. A breach or violation of any law or rule; an offense, a crime, a fault, a trespa , a misdeed. "Forgive thy people all their transgre ions." -1 Kings viii. 50. IMG:content-1334.png:[blocks in formation] sion.