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per·fuse

 (pər-fyo͞oz′)
tr.v. per·fused, per·fus·ing, per·fus·es
1. To coat or permeate with liquid, color, or light; suffuse.
2. To pour or diffuse (a liquid, for example) over or through something.

[Latin perfundere, perfūs-, to pour over : per-, per- + fundere, to pour; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]

per·fu′sive (pər-fyo͞o′sĭv, -zĭv) adj.
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perfuse

(pəˈfjuːz)
vb (tr)
1. to suffuse or permeate (a liquid, colour, etc) through or over (something)
2. (Surgery) surgery to pass (a fluid) through organ tissue to ensure adequate exchange of oxygen and carbon monoxide
[C16: from Latin perfūsus wetted, from perfundere to pour over, from per- + fundere to pour]
perˈfused adj
perˈfusion n
perˈfusionist n
perˈfusive adj
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per•fuse

(pərˈfyuz)

v.t. -fused, -fus•ing.
1. to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
2. to diffuse (a liquid, color, etc.) through or over something.
3. to pass (fluid) through blood vessels or the lymphatic system to an organ or tissue.
[1520–30; < Latin perfūsus, past participle of perfundere to drench, flood. See per-, fuse2]
per•fu′sion (-ˈfyu ʒən) n.
per•fu′sive (-sɪv) adj.
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perfuse


Past participle: perfused
Gerund: perfusing

Imperative
perfuse
perfuse
Present
I perfuse
you perfuse
he/she/it perfuses
we perfuse
you perfuse
they perfuse
Preterite
I perfused
you perfused
he/she/it perfused
we perfused
you perfused
they perfused
Present Continuous
I am perfusing
you are perfusing
he/she/it is perfusing
we are perfusing
you are perfusing
they are perfusing
Present Perfect
I have perfused
you have perfused
he/she/it has perfused
we have perfused
you have perfused
they have perfused
Past Continuous
I was perfusing
you were perfusing
he/she/it was perfusing
we were perfusing
you were perfusing
they were perfusing
Past Perfect
I had perfused
you had perfused
he/she/it had perfused
we had perfused
you had perfused
they had perfused
Future
I will perfuse
you will perfuse
he/she/it will perfuse
we will perfuse
you will perfuse
they will perfuse
Future Perfect
I will have perfused
you will have perfused
he/she/it will have perfused
we will have perfused
you will have perfused
they will have perfused
Future Continuous
I will be perfusing
you will be perfusing
he/she/it will be perfusing
we will be perfusing
you will be perfusing
they will be perfusing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been perfusing
you have been perfusing
he/she/it has been perfusing
we have been perfusing
you have been perfusing
they have been perfusing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been perfusing
you will have been perfusing
he/she/it will have been perfusing
we will have been perfusing
you will have been perfusing
they will have been perfusing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been perfusing
you had been perfusing
he/she/it had been perfusing
we had been perfusing
you had been perfusing
they had been perfusing
Conditional
I would perfuse
you would perfuse
he/she/it would perfuse
we would perfuse
you would perfuse
they would perfuse
Past Conditional
I would have perfused
you would have perfused
he/she/it would have perfused
we would have perfused
you would have perfused
they would have perfused
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.perfuse - force a fluid through (a body part or tissue); "perfuse a liver with a salt solution"
flush - cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"
2.perfuse - cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color"
flush - cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"
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Measuring oxygen saturation (S[O.sub.2]), partial pressure of oxygen (p[O.sub.2]) and pC[O.sub.2] in arterial and venous perfusate samples also sheds light on the oxygen use of the perfused organ (Zeitlin and Eshraghi, 2002; Wagner et al., 2003; Polyak et al., 2008; Constantinescu et al., 2011).
The researchers perfused isolated laboratory mouse hearts, keeping the organ alive and beating for a number of hours.
The counter-argument to this is that the cardiac blood supply is unique, with the majority of the myocardium being perfused during diastole.
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The XPS with STEEN Solution allows marginal quality lungs that initially failed to meet standard of care transplant criteria to be perfused and ventilated at normothermic conditions, thus providing an opportunity for surgeons to reassess transplant suitability, added the company.
However, the actions of chemerin on cardiovascular functions and expression of these genes have not been studied in isolated perfused rat hearts.
Spleens were obtained from Large White pigs weighing 45-60 kg (7 pig spleens were harvested and perfused for this study), which were sourced from Joseph Morris abattoir (South Kilworth, Leicester, UK) following the routine slaughtering procedure.
The livers were exsanguinated and perfused (with no recirculation) with Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer (pH 7.5), containing 1 mg/mL BSA (Sigma Chemical), at 37[degrees]C, saturated with an oxygen/carbon dioxide mixture (95/5%) and at a constant flow (3-4 mL x [min.sup.-1] x [g.sup.-1] liver).
Two interventional radiologists independently viewed the cone-beam CT images and corresponding preinterventional chest CT images to confirm: (i) the exact location of the target lesion on cone-beam CT images by comparison with the preprocedural chest CT images in the corresponding viewing plane, (ii) the perfused territory of the study artery on cone-beam CT images.
Higher culture density has been achieved in tissue-mimetic 3D structures of porous scaffolds [4], whereas perfused hollow fibre bioreactors (HFBRs) have reached the highest human cell culture densities reported, nearer that of native tissue ([10.sup.8-9] cells/mL) [5-7].