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Definition of Perfuse
1. Verb. Force a fluid through (a body part or tissue). "Perfuse a liver with a salt solution"
2. Verb. Cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across. "Water and alcohol perfuse the cloth"; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color"
Definition of Perfuse
1. v. t. To suffuse; to fill full or to excess.
Definition of Perfuse
1. to spread over or through something [v -FUSED, -FUSING, -FUSES]
Medical Definition of Perfuse
1. To force blood or other fluid to flow from the artery through the vascular bed of a tissue or to flow through the lumen of a hollow structure (e.g., an isolated renal tubule). Compare: perifuse, superfuse. Origin: L. Perfusio, fr. Per-+ fusio, a pouring (05 Mar 2000)
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