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Perfusion

Perfusion \Per*fu"sion\, n. [L. perfusio.] The act of perfusing.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
perfusion

1570s, from Middle French perfusion and directly from Latin perfusionem (nominative perfusio) "a pouring over," noun of action from past participle stem of perfundere "pour out," from per- "throughout" (see per) + fundere "pour" (see found (v.2)).

Wiktionary
perfusion

n. 1 The act of perfuse 2 (context medicine English) The introduction of a drug or nutrients through the bloodstream in order to reach an internal organ or tissues.

WordNet
perfusion

n. pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)

Wikipedia
Perfusion

In physiology, perfusion is the process of a body delivering blood to a capillary bed in its biological tissue. The word is derived from the French verb "perfuser" meaning to "pour over or through."

Tests verifying that adequate perfusion exists are a part of a patient's assessment process that are performed by medical or emergency personnel. The most common methods include evaluating a body's skin color, temperature, condition and capillary refill.

Perfusion (journal)

Perfusion is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Cardiology. The journal's editor is Prakash P. Punjabi ( Hammersmith Hospital). It has been in publication since 1986 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.

Usage examples of "perfusion".

Murder most foul, alarums and excursions, theft, buggery, barratry, incomplete perfusion!

Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, leading to insufficient perfusion of vital organs?

He ices the abdominal cavities of the corpses to thirty-two degrees centigrade until he can get the body onto the perfusion machine.

There were rumors, too, that he had made or grown chimeras of children and beasts, and that he had kidnapped a child from one of the hill tribes and used its blood and perfusions of its organs to treat one of the members of the Council for Night and Shrines.

A few of the technical terms sounded familiar, BP and cardiac function and perfusion.