perfuse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)
    • perfuse a liver with a salt solution
  2. verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
    suffuse.
    • The sky was suffused with a warm pink color

WordNet

Per*fuse" transitive verb
Etymology
L. perfusus, p.p. of perfundere to pour over; per + fundere to pour.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Perfused ; present participle & verbal noun Perfusing
Definitions
  1. To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. Harvey.

Webster 1913