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Blood transfusion

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001131

A procedure in which whole blood or parts of blood are put into a patient’s bloodstream through a vein. The blood may be donated by another person or it may have been taken from the patient and stored until needed. Also called transfusion.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001131
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymstransfusion
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001131",
  "term": "Blood transfusion",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A procedure in which whole blood or parts of blood are put into a patient’s bloodstream through a vein. The blood may be donated by another person or it may have been taken from the patient and stored until needed. Also called transfusion.",
  "synonyms": [
    "transfusion"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/blood-transfusion/"
}

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