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perfuse(dictionary)

perfuse (iou)



perfuse verb trans. LME.
[Latin perfus- pa. ppl stem of perfundere, formed as PER-1 + fundere pour out.]
Pour or diffuse through; cause to flow through or (formerly) away (lit. & fig.). LME.
Cover or sprinkle with something wet; esp. (fig.) suffuse with colour, a quality, etc. M16.
Medicine & Physiology. Supply (an organ, tissue, or body) with a fluid artificially by circulating it through blood-vessels or other natural channels; pass a fluid through (a hollow organ). E20.
perfusive adjective having the quality of being diffused all through (chiefly fig.) E19.