輸血
解説 Definition
transfusions は transfusion（輸血）の複数形です。病気やけが、手術などで血液を体内に入れる処置を指し、医療の文脈でよく使われます。
Multiple medical procedures in which blood or a blood component is transferred into a patient’s bloodstream, usually to replace blood that has been lost or to treat a medical condition. The plural may refer to separate occasions, prepared units, or a continuing course of treatment.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形 transfusion「輸血」に複数語尾 -s が付いた形で、語末は /z/ と発音します。trans-「越えて」＋「注ぐ」に由来する部分を、血液が供血側から患者へ移る図で捉えましょう。two transfusions、regular transfusions、blood transfusions のように、複数回・複数単位の輸血を表す医療表現で使われます。
Begin with the singular transfusion and add the regular plural ending -s, pronounced /z/ here. The word’s parts suggest liquid being poured or carried across, which fits blood moving from a donated supply into a patient’s circulation. Picture a patient receiving treatment on several occasions: those are transfusions. Common combinations include blood transfusions, regular transfusions, repeated transfusions, and receive transfusions. The plural is appropriate when doctors discuss more than one procedure, several prepared units, or an ongoing treatment schedule. Always keep the word in its medical context in these examples.
例文
The hospital prepared two transfusions for the patient after surgery.
病院は手術後の患者のために2回分の輸血を準備しました。
Regular transfusions helped manage her blood disorder.
定期的な輸血が彼女の血液の病気を管理する助けになりました。
Doctors explained the risks and benefits of the transfusions.
医師たちは輸血のリスクと利点を説明しました。
transfusions の類義語・関連語
transfusions の語源・成り立ち Etymology
transfusions は transfusion の複数形で、フランス語・ラテン語 transfusio に由来します。trans-「越えて」+ fundere「注ぐ」から成り、もとは液体を別容器へ注ぐこと、そこから血を体へ移す「輸血」へ発展しました。関連語に infuse、fusion があります。
Transfusions is the regular plural of transfusion. Transfusion entered English through French and derives from Latin transfusio, formed from trans-, “across,” and fundere, “to pour.” The older sense concerned pouring liquid from one vessel into another. It later developed the medical sense of transferring blood or a blood component into a patient’s circulation. Related formations from the same Latin verb include infuse and fusion, although their modern meanings differ.
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