perfuses

Verb

perfuse (third-person singular simple present perfuses, present participle perfusing, simple past and past participle perfused)

1. (transitive) 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
2. (transitive) 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...