transitive verb transfused -·fused′, transfusing -·fus′·ing

1. 1. to transfer or transmit by or as by causing to flow or be diffused
   2. to permeate, instill, imbue, infuse, etc.
2. Med.
   1. to transfer or introduce (blood, blood plasma, saline solution, etc.) into a blood vessel, usually a vein
   2. to give a transfusion to

Etymology: ME transfusen < L transfusus, pp. of transfundere, to pour from one container into another < trans-, trans- + fundere, to pour: see found