'Perfuse' definitions:
Definition of 'perfuse'
(from WordNet)
verb
Force a fluid through (a body part or tissue); "perfuse a liver with a salt solution"
verb
Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color" [syn: suffuse, perfuse]
Definition of 'Perfuse'
From: GCIDE
- Perfuse \Per*fuse"\ (p[~e]r*f[=u]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perfused (p[~e]r*f[=u]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Perfusing.] [L. perfusus, p. p. of perfundere to pour over; per + fundere to pour.]
- 1. To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pass a liquid through or over; as, the isolated kidney was perfused with saline solution. [PJC]
- 3. (Surgery) To pass (a liquid) through an organ. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'perfuse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assign,
- bleed,
- carry over,
- communicate,
- consign,
- cup,
- deliver,
- deport,
- diffuse,
- disseminate,
- ease in,
- expel,
- export,
- extradite,
- give a transfusion,
- hand forward,
- hand on,
- hand over,
- impart,
- import,
- infuse,
- inject,
- inoculate,
- insert,
- insinuate,
- interject,
- introduce,
- intromit,
- leech,
- let blood,
- make over,
- metastasize,
- metathesize,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- pass the buck,
- phlebotomize,
- pop in,
- put in,
- relay,
- set in,
- slip in,
- spread,
- stick in,
- switch,
- throw in,
- transfer,
- transfer property,
- transfuse,
- translate,
- translocate,
- transmit,
- transplace,
- transplant,
- transpose,
- tuck in,
- turn over,
- whip in