What it means
The beginning of words for moving across or through something. A blood transfusionBLUD trans-FYOO-zhunGiving blood, or a part of blood, from a donor into a person's vein.trans- acrossfus/o pourFull entry carries blood across from a donor to a client, a transdermal patch gives a drug through the skin, transurethral means through the urethrayoo-REE-thruhThe tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.Full entry , and a transplant moves an organ from one person to another.
Related terms
blood transfusion
Giving blood, or a part of blood, from a donor into a person's vein.
peri-
A word beginning that means around or near.
inter-
A word beginning that means between or among.