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Perfuse

To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.

📖 Definitions of "Perfuse"

verb

1
To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.
2
To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body.

🔄 Synonyms of "Perfuse"

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
suffuseverb	(transitive) To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Perfuse"

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Word	Definition
suffuseverb	(transitive) To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.
transfuseverb	(transitive, medicine) To administer a transfusion of.
infuseverb	(transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
permeateverb	(transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.
interpenetratenoun	To penetrate mutually or reciprocally.
permeabilizenoun	(transitive) To make something permeable.
compenetratenoun	To penetrate every part of (something); to permeate.
infiltratenoun	(pathology) Any undesirable substance or group of cells that has made its way into part of the body.
perfumenoun	A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
impenetrateverb	(transitive) To penetrate into.
run throughverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To summarise briefly.
penetrateverb	To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce.
influencenoun	The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
reperfuseverb	To perfuse again
piercenoun	(Japan) A pierced earring.
pervadeverb	(transitive) To be in every part of; to spread through; to permeate.
vasculariseverb	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vascularize. [To supply with vessels (that conduct fluid).]
perforateverb	(transitive) To pierce; to penetrate.
vascularizeverb	To supply with vessels (that conduct fluid).
impregnateverb	(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.