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PERFUSE

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)
2. cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across

Familiarity information: PERFUSE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERFUSE (verb)

Sense 1

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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

Sense 2

perfuse ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

suffuse; perfuse

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

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