transfusion

(tranz-fu'zhun) [L. trans, acro , 4 fusus;fundere, to ^o\iT.] j. The transfer of blooc from one person to another. 2. The injection intc a vein of physiological saline solution or, formerly of other fluids such as milk, arte'rial t., the pas sage of blood into an artery of the receptor or fron an arterv of the donor, direct' t., immediate t. the transfei of blood from a ve el of one persoi (the donor) to one of another person (the receptor) either through a tube connecting the two ve el or by suturing the ve els together. imme'diat( t., direct t. indirect' t., mediate t., the donor i: bled into a, warmed ve el, the blood is defi brinated, and is then injected into a vein of th 1037;he peritoneal cavity whence it is absorbed into;he circtdation. recip'rocal t., an attempt to confer immunity by transfusing blood taken irom a donor just recovered from an infectious iisease into a receptor suffering from the same iffection, the balance being maintained by trans i using an equal amount from the sick to the well person, subcuta'neo us t., the infusion of saline solution or other fluid beneath the skin, whence it is taken into the circulation, venous t., direct t. from a vein of the donor into a vein of the receptor. nsil'iac. Extending from one ilium or iliac;rest or spine to the other. nsil'ient [L. irans, acro , + salire, to leap.] Jumping acro , pa ing over noting those cortical a ociation fibers in the brain which pa from one convolution to another non-adjacent Dne. Asillumina'tion [L. trans, through, + illuminare, to light up.] Causing a light to shine through a aormally translucent part, the presence of fluid Dr of a degenerative lesion being indicated by varying degrees of opacity. + us in's ular [L. trans, acro , insula, island.] A-cro the insvJa or island of ReU. jisischiac (tranz-is'kl-ak). Extending from one ischium to the other. usisth'mian. Acro any isthmus; specifically icro the isthmus of the gyrus fomicatus, noting the gyrus transitivus. nsition (tranz-ish'un) [L. transitio; transire, to pa over.] Change, pa age from one condition Dr one part to another, t. douche, a douche of alternately hot and cold water, t. tumor, a benign tumor which upon recurrence after removal begins to a ume malignant characteristics. nsitional (tranz-ish'un-al) Relating to or markfd. by a transition, transitory, t. convolu'tion, jyrus transitivus. t. epithe'Uum, epithelium composed of layers of cells of different kinds, 3ach layer being renewed, as the surface layer is scraped away, by the transformation of the cells in the layer below, t. zone, the region of the crystalline lens where the anterior epithelial;apsule-'cells become transformed into the fibers composing the lens substance. nsla'tion [L. iran slat us; transferre, to carry acro .] Metastasis transference.; + nslu'cent [L. irans, through, lucere, to shine.] Permitting the pa age of light, but not transparent. + nsmigra'tion [L. trans, through, migrare, to remove elsewhere.] The pa age of blood-cells through the walls of the ve els; diapedesis. j'vular t., the pa age of an ovum from one ovary into the Fallopian tube of the other side; it is external, or direct, when it pa es acro the pelvic cavity, internal, or indirect, when it cro es the iterine cavity and so enters the tube of the opposite side. + nsmi ion (trans-mish'un) [L. trans, acro , mi io; mittere, to send.] i. Transfer. 2. The conveyance of an infectious disease from one person to another. 3. Heredity, duplex t., the pa age of impulses in both directions through a, lerve-trunk. nsmuta'tion [L. trans, over, -Imutare, to change.] change, transformation. A. nsnor'mal [L. trans, beyond.] More than normal, supernormal. + Dsoc'ular [L. trans, acro , oculus, eye.] A-cro the eye.