perfuse C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes US /pərˈfjuz/ UK /pəˈfjuːz/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to spread or pour a fluid through or over something Surgeons perfuse the donor organ to keep its tissue viable. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to spread or pour a fluid... suffusepermeatesaturatedrenchinfusepervade Word family Derived forms perfusion Related forms diffuseinfusetransfuseperfusion Etymology AI details From Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundere ('to pour over, drench'), from per- ('through, over') + fundere ('to pour'). perfundere Latin fundere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # perfuse **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /pərˈfjuz/ **IPA (UK):** /pəˈfjuːz/ ## Meanings 1. to spread or pour a fluid through or over something ## 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 markdown