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perfuse

per·fuse

UK/pəɹˈfjuːz/ uncommon

verb

1.

force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)

  • “perfuse a liver with a salt solution”
2.

cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across

  • “The sky was suffused with a warm pink color”
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Origin

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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