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PERFUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perfuse mean? 

PERFUSE (verb)
  The verb PERFUSE has 2 senses:

1. force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)play

2. cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or acrossplay

  Familiarity information: PERFUSE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERFUSE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they perfuse  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it perfuses  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: perfused  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: perfused  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: perfusing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

perfuse a liver with a salt solution

Hypernyms (to "perfuse" is one way to...):

flush (cause to flow or flood with or as if with water)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

perfusion (pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels))


Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

perfuse; suffuse

Context example:

The sky was suffused with a warm pink color

Hypernyms (to "perfuse" is one way to...):

flush (cause to flow or flood with or as if with water)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP


 Context examples 


Neoplasm drug therapy involving an extracorporeal circuit with temporary exclusion of the tumor-bearing area from the general circulation during which high concentrations of the drug are perfused to the isolated part.

(Isolated Chemotherapeutic Perfusion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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