perfusion
Americannoun
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the act of perfusing.
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Surgery. the passage of fluid through the lymphatic system or blood vessels to an organ or a tissue.
Etymology
Origin of perfusion
1565–75; < Latin perfūsiōn- (stem of perfūsiō ) a drenching. See perfuse, -ion
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Most significantly, surgical programs that have adopted perfusion are transplanting more organs.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Given the direct connection between blood perfusion in the kidneys and their filtration function, microvascular imaging can be a key indicator for both preventing and recovering from kidney failure.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
And other research is changing the definition of death itself: researchers at Yale University have developed a perfusion system for keeping pig brain cells and bodies “alive” for hours after the animals have died.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023
You could “see how the heart was performing” in the body after restarting perfusion, he says.
From Science Magazine ● May 11, 2023
With such a perfusion of ringlits I should scarcely have known her—but the ands, feat, and i's, was very like.
From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
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