perfuse verb trans. [pǝ'fju:z] LME.[Latin perfus- pa. ppl stem of perfundere, formed as PER-1 + fundere pour out.]1. Pour or diffuse through; cause to flow through or (formerly) away (
lit. &
fig.).
LME.2. Cover or sprinkle with something wet;
esp. (
fig.) suffuse with colour, a quality, etc.
M16.3. Medicine &
Physiology. Supply (an organ, tissue, or body) with a fluid artificially by circulating it through blood-vessels or other natural channels; pass a fluid through (a hollow organ).
E20. ■ perfusive adjective having the quality of being diffused all through (chiefly
fig.)
E19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲