Meaning & use
Perfused
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Supplied an organ or tissue with blood or fluid, typically by circulating it through the blood vessels.
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The transplanted kidney was perfused with a cold preservation solution before surgery.
Doctors monitored how well the damaged tissue was being perfused with oxygenated blood.
A note on using this word
Chiefly a medical and physiological term, closely related to 'perfusion,' the process of delivering blood to body tissues.
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