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- 1. permeate or suffuse with a liquid, colour, or quality: "the yellow light is perfused with white"
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Perfuse means to pour over, to cause to flow or spread, or to force a fluid through an organ or tissue. See examples, word history, and medical usage of perfuse.
Perfuse means to suffuse or permeate something with or as with a liquid, or to pass a fluid through organ tissue in surgery. Learn more about the word origin, pronunciation, and usage of perfuse with Collins English Dictionary.
Definitions of perfuse. verb. force a fluid through (a body part or tissue) “ perfuse a liver with a salt solution”. see more. verb. cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across. synonyms: suffuse. see more.
1. to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse. 2. to diffuse (a liquid, color, etc.) through or over something. 3. to pass (fluid) through blood vessels or the lymphatic system to an organ or tissue. [1520–30; < Latin perfūsus, past participle of perfundere to drench, flood. See per -, fuse 2] per•fu′sion (-ˈfyu ʒən) n.
perfuse. volume_up. UK /pəˈfjuːz/ verb (with object) 1. permeate or suffuse with a liquid, colour, or quality the yellow light is perfused with white 2.
Aug 29, 2023 · Perfuse means to permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light, or to force a fluid to flow over or through something. Learn the etymology, related terms, translations and anagrams of perfuse from Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
per·fuse. (per-fyŭs'), To force blood or other fluid to flow from the artery through the vascular bed of a tissue or to flow through the lumen of a hollow structure (for example, an isolated renal tubule). Compare: perifuse, superfuse. [L. perfusio, fr. per- + fusio, a pouring]
