Meaning & use
Perfusing
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Supplying an organ or tissue with a fluid, especially blood, by passing it through the blood vessels.
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Surgeons kept the donor organ alive by perfusing it with a cold preservation solution.
The machine works by perfusing the lungs with oxygenated blood during the procedure.
A note on using this word
"Perfusing" is standard terminology in medicine and physiology, especially in organ transplantation and cardiac surgery.
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