perfuse

Meaning

Verb

To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.
To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body.

Origin

From 1520s, from Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundo from per- + fundo (from nasalised form of PIE root *gheu- ("to pour")); compare diffuse, suffuse.

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