Mistransfusion

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Transfusion of the wrong blood or to the wrong patient. countable, uncountable

    "The risk of mistransfusion is many times greater than that due to the transmission of HIV or HCV infection by blood."

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"The risk of mistransfusion is many times greater than that due to the transmission of HIV or HCV infection by blood."

Etymology

From mis- + transfusion.

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