1. the act of pouring liquid onto something, especially water onto the body for medical or religious purposes
Usage: medical; religious

Examples

• The doctor recommended cold affusions to reduce the patient’s fever.
• Ancient healing practices often included affusions of herbal water.
• The spa offered therapeutic affusions as part of their treatment program.
• Religious ceremonies sometimes involve affusions of holy water.
• The hydrotherapy clinic specialized in various types of affusions.
• Cold affusions were commonly used in 19th-century medical treatments.