perfuse

American  

[per-fyooz] / pərˈfyuz /

verb (used with object)

perfused, perfusing

1. to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.

2. to diffuse (a liquid, color, etc.) through or over something.

3. Surgery. to pass (fluid) through blood vessels or the lymphatic system.

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perfuse British  

/ pəˈfjuːz /

verb

1. to suffuse or permeate (a liquid, colour, etc) through or over (something)

2. surgery to pass (a fluid) through organ tissue to ensure adequate exchange of oxygen and carbon monoxide

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Other Word Forms

• perfused adjective
• perfusion noun
• perfusionist noun
• perfusive adjective

Etymology

Origin of perfuse

1520–30; < Latin perfūsus, past participle of perfundere to drench, flood. See per-, fuse ²

Example Sentences

Food and Drug Administration and made by the company XVIVO, to perfuse and monitor donor lungs.

From Scientific American

“And then you can start to have organ damage where your kidneys don’t work, your spleen, your liver. If things get really bad, then you start to not be perfusing your brain the same way.”

From Seattle Times

Adams, Parent, and others shot back that NRP is consistent with U.S. legal standards of death, because the technique is limited to perfusing organs and doesn’t impact the determination of death.

From Science Magazine

“We can do surgery on fish out of the water as long as you have their gills getting perfused with water,” she said.

From New York Times

Immune rejection aside, pig hearts transplanted into baboons seem to sputter out in a matter of days unless they’re perfused with a nutrient solution before the transplant, Mohiuddin says.

From Science Magazine