perfuse

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per·fuse | \ (ˌ)pər-ˈfyüz

perfused; perfusing

Definition of perfuse

transitive verb

1 : suffuse

2a : to cause to flow or spread : diffuse

b : to force a fluid through (an organ or tissue) especially by way of the blood vessels

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Recent Examples on the Web To perfuse an organ is to supply it with fluid, usually blood or a blood substitute, by circulating it through blood vessels or other channels. — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 10 June 2022 Recent research suggests that mycorrhizal networks also perfuse prairies, grasslands, chaparral and Arctic tundra — essentially everywhere there is life on land. — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020 That description includes massive amounts of invisible mass, known as dark matter, along with a peculiar repulsive force, called dark energy, perfusing all of space. — Tom Siegfried, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2020 The doctors procured other organs that had been identified for donation while the heart was perfused with a cold solution and removed. — Allen Kim, CNN, 3 Dec. 2019 Yet after being perfused with the experimental solution for six hours, many of those deteriorating and seemingly lifeless brain cells regained — at least temporarily — some of their normal structure and metabolic activity. — Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2019 In patients with longstanding diabetes, the blood vessels in the eye are already damaged and are preventing blood from perfusing the retina. — Jewish Journal, 12 Mar. 2018 At this point, the whole body was perfused with oxygenated blood. — Lily Rothman, Time, 11 Dec. 2017 Genes were being expressed, proteins were being made, and the tissue was being perfused with oxygen-rich blood. — Jeffrey Marlow, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2012 See More

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