perfused
perfused is the simple past and past participle of perfuse.
Meaning of perfuse
Verb
perfuse (third-person singular simple present perfuses, present participle perfusing, simple past and past participle perfused)
- To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.
- Tissues can be broadly classified as poorly-perfused, adequately perfused and well-perfused on this basis as shown in Table 2.1. Note how organs with a relatively small mass, such as the heart and brain, only require a modest blood flow to perfuse them well.2001, Neena Washington, Clive Washington, Clive Wilson, Physiological Pharmaceutics: Barriers to Drug Absorption, 2nd edition, Taylor & Francis, page 30
- To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body.
- When AVP was perfused into punctate regions in the brain of the sheep or rabbit, the pyrogen-induced fever was suppressed.1985, William de Ruhe et al., “14: Release of Arginine Vasopressin from the Brain”, in Alejandro Bayón, René Drucker-Colín, editors, In VIVO Perfusion and Release of Neroactive substances: Methods...
Adjective
perfused (not comparable)
- Modified by perfusion
Words formed from perfused
Questions about perfused
- What does perfused mean?
- Perfused means modified by perfusion.
- What is perfused the simple past and past participle of?
- Perfused is the simple past and past participle of perfuse.
- What part of speech is perfused?
- Perfused is an adjective.
Words near perfused in the dictionary
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