perfusion

American  

[per-fyoo-zhuhn] / pərˈfyu ʒən /

noun

1. the act of perfusing.

2. Surgery. the passage of fluid through the lymphatic system or blood vessels to an organ or a tissue.

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Etymology

Origin of perfusion

1565–75; < Latin perfūsiōn- (stem of perfūsiō ) a drenching. See perfuse, -ion

Example Sentences

"This relationship could be a compensatory mechanism where lower lung function is compensated by higher cardiac output and higher brain perfusion," he said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

Most significantly, surgical programs that have adopted perfusion are transplanting more organs.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 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 Thackeray, William Makepeace