Perfusion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of perfusing.
  • n. The injection of fluid into a blood vessel in order to reach an organ or tissues, usually to supply nutrients and oxygen.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of perfusing
  • n. The introduction of a drug or nutrients through the bloodstream in order to reach an internal organ or tissues.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of perfusing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A pouring through; a causing to permeate.
  • n. In baptism, the act of pouring or sprinkling water over: the opposite of immersion. Occasionally used for the water which has been poured over.
  • n. Irrigation of the tissues by the local subcutaneous transfusion of a saline solution.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)
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