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perfuse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb perfuse has 2 senses
- perfuse(v = verb.change) Array - force a fluid through (a body part or tissue); "perfuse a liver with a salt solution" is one way to flush
- perfuse(v = verb.change) suffuse - cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color" is one way to flush
Derived form noun perfusion1
Sample sentences:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
perfuse, v. t. [L. perfusus, p. p. of perfundere to pour over; per + fundere to pour.].
To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. Harvey. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
perfuse, v.tr.
1 (often foll. by with) a besprinkle (with water etc.). b cover or suffuse (with radiance etc.).
2 pour or diffuse (water etc.) through or over.
3 Med. cause a fluid to pass through (an organ etc.).
1 (often foll. by with) a besprinkle (with water etc.). b cover or suffuse (with radiance etc.).
2 pour or diffuse (water etc.) through or over.
3 Med. cause a fluid to pass through (an organ etc.).
Derivative
perfusion n. perfusive adj.
Etymology
L perfundere perfus- (as PER-, fundere pour)
THESAURUS
perfuse
assign, bleed, carry over, communicate, consign, cup, deliver, deport, diffuse, disseminate, ease in, expel, export, extradite, give a transfusion, hand forward, hand on, hand over, impart, import, infuse, inject, inoculate, insert, insinuate, interject, introduce, intromit, leech, let blood, make over, metastasize, metathesize, pass, pass on, pass over, pass the buck, phlebotomize, pop in, put in, relay, set in, slip in, spread, stick in, switch, throw in, transfer, transfer property, transfuse, translate, translocate, transmit, transplace, transplant, transpose, tuck in, turn over, whip in
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