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Nootka (iou) and total transfusion (medicine)


Nootka (iou)



Nootka adjective & noun. E19.
[Nootka Sound, an inlet on the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.]
A. adjective.
Designating trees and plants native to the Pacific coast of N. America. E19.
Nootka cypress a tall pyramidal cypress, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of western N. America; also called yellow cedar. Nootka fir the Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii. Nootka lupin a blue-flowered lupin, Lupinus nootkatensis, naturalized in Scotland.
Pertaining to or designating a N. American Indian people of Vancouver Island, or their Wakashan language. M19.
b. noun. Pl. same, -s. A member of the Nootka people; the language of this people. M19.
Nootkan adjective & noun (a) adjective of the Nootka or the language group Nootkan; (b) noun a Nootka; a group of Wakashan Languages including Nootka: M19.

total transfusion (medicine)


total transfusion -->
exchange transfusion


Removal of most of a patient's blood followed by introduction of an equal amount from donors.

Synonym: exsanguination transfusion, substitution transfusion, total transfusion.