verb
- supplying (an organ or tissue) with a fluid, especially blood, by circulating it through blood vessels or other channels
Usage: medical; present participle of perfuse
Examples
- The surgeon monitored the blood perfusing the transplanted kidney.
- Doctors checked that oxygen was properly perfusing the patient’s brain tissue.
- The medical team ensured the solution was perfusing through all the organ’s vessels.
- Poor circulation was preventing blood from perfusing the extremities.
- The contrast dye helped visualize the fluid perfusing the heart muscle.
- Researchers studied how well the artificial blood was perfusing the lab-grown tissue.