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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. force a fluid through (a body part or tissue);
- Example: "perfuse a liver with a salt solution"

2. cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across;
- Example: "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color"
[syn: suffuse, perfuse]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

perfuse
    v 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" [syn:
       suffuse, perfuse]