perfusate

[ per-fyoo-zeyt, -zit ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical, Surgery.

1. a fluid pumped or flowing through an organ or tissue.

Word History and Origins

Origin of perfusate¹

1910–15; perfuse + -ate ¹, probably on the model of filtrate, precipitate

Example Sentences

To transfuse the “artificial blood,” the team rigged up an automated system that pumps the perfusate into the pigs’ bloodstream.

From Singularity Hub 

It pumped a perfusate—a liquid mix of synthetic hemoglobin, antibiotics, and molecules to protect cells and prevent blood clots—through the pigs’ entire bodies one hour after they died.

From MIT Technology Review