verb · transitive · rare

perfuse

perfuse · perfuses · perfused · perfusing

durchströmen, perfundieren

To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with lightTo permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.

/pəɹˈfjuːz/

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.
durchströmen, perfundieren
(transitive)To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body.
force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)

Translations

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Deutsch

By meaning 1

to permeate or suffuse:

Origin

From 1520s, from Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundo (“to pour over, besprinkle”)

From 1520s, from Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundo (“to pour over, besprinkle”) from per- + fundo (“to pour”) (from nasalised form of PIE root *gheu- ("to pour")); compare diffuse, suffuse.

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