Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- transitive v. To coat or permeate with liquid, color, or light; suffuse.
- transitive v. To pour or diffuse (a liquid, for example) over or through something.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. To permeate or suffuse something, either with a liquid or with light
- v. To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To suffuse; to fill full or to excess.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To sprinkle, pour, or spread over or through.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
- v. force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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Was this patient at risk limb loss, or were the collaterals that were responsible for the initial false negative PVR and ABI adequate to perfuse the limb?
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His blood pressure to perfuse his vital organs was unstable but being maintained with the initial IV fluid push.
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The ingredients are then absorbed by the roots, pass up through the stems, and perfuse the upper parts of the plant.
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Do not perfuse more than 70 ml/kg, perfuse slowly and use only sodium chloride or ringer lactate.
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A. Lindbergh and A.exis Carrel pump (designed in 1935 to perfuse life-sustaining fluids to the organs of the body), the Sewell heart pump
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Gibsons fever still continues obstinate tho 'not verry high; we gave him a dose of Dr. Rushes pills which in maney instancis I have found extreamly effecasious in fevers which are in any measure caused by the presence of boil. the niter has produced a perfuse perspiration this evening and the pils opperated late at night his feaver after which abated almost intirely and he had
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
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Gibsons fever Still Continues obstinate tho not verry high; we gave him a dose of Dr. Rushes pills which in maney instancis I have found extreamly efficasious in fevers which are in any measure Caused by the presence of boil. the niter has produced a perfuse perspiration this evening and the pils opperated late at night his feaver after which abated almost intirely and he had a good nights rest.
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Technical improvements in the removal of bubbles from blood flowing oxygenation have made it possible to perfuse with surprisingly little difficulty for as long as 4 to 6 hours.
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Unfortunately, there is a perfuse amount of dried up blood all over my pearl white fitted bed sheet and duvet cover (all by Sferra Millesimo Linens), which I purchased at Bergdorf (only) last week.
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Could you have predicted these images given that blood flow into a shod horse is faster and more intense but less perfuse?
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