perfuse
verb (used with object)
to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
Example Sentences
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“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 ● Oct. 28, 2022
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 ● Jan. 11, 2022
But experiments have shown that if a beating heart is perfused with warm blood, it can be preserved for much longer out of the body - up to 12 hours.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2017
The first time that I perfused a mouse, I felt rattled for the rest of the day.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2016
I loved how the sun and salt spray perfused my skin, filling me with the memory of light.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
