perfuse

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /pərˈfjuz/ UK /pəˈfjuːz/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to force or pour a liquid, blood, or other fluid through or over an organ, tissue, or body part

Surgeons perfuse the donor organ to keep its tissue viable.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to force or pour a liquid,... suffuse permeate saturate drench infuse pervade

Word family

Derived forms perfusion

Related forms diffuse infuse transfuseperfusion

Etymology

From Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundere ('to pour over, drench'), from per- ('through, over') + fundere ('to pour').

perfundere Latin fundere Latin

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Actions & Processes

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# perfuse

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /pərˈfjuz/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˈfjuːz/

## Meanings
1. to force or pour a liquid, blood, or other fluid through or over an organ, tissue, or body part

## Examples
- Surgeons perfuse the donor organ to keep its tissue viable.

## Synonyms
- suffuse
- permeate
- saturate
- drench
- infuse
- pervade

## Derived Forms
- perfusion

## Related Forms
- diffuse
- infuse
- transfuse
- perfusion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: perfundere
- Root: fundere

## Etymology
From Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundere ('to pour over, drench'), from per- ('through, over') + fundere ('to pour').

## AI Etymology
Perfuse is from Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundere ('to pour over, drench'), from per- ('through, over') + fundere ('to pour'). Important recorded forms include perfundere (Latin) and fundere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers to spread or pour a fluid through or over something. The wider family includes derived forms such as perfusion and related words such as diffuse, infuse, transfuse, and perfusion.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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