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noun
The act of perfusing, the passage of fluid through the circulatory system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The introduction of a drug or nutrients through the bloodstream in order to reach an internal organ or tissues.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: insertion, introduction, intromission
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *ǵhew- Proto-Indo-European *ǵhewd- Proto-Indo-European *-né-? Proto-Indo-European *ǵhunédti ~ ǵhundénti Proto-Italic *hundō Latin fundō Latin perfundō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin perfūsiō Middle French perfusion English perfusion From Middle French perfusion, from Latin perfūsiō (“the act of pouring over”).
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
