Perfusing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perfuse \Per*fuse"\ (p[~e]r*f[=u]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Perfused} (p[~e]r*f[=u]zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Perfusing}.]
     [L. perfusus, p. p. of perfundere to pour over; per + fundere
     to pour.]
     1. To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. --Harvey.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. To pass a liquid through or over; as, the isolated kidney
        was perfused with saline solution.
        [PJC]
  
     3. (Surgery) To pass (a liquid) through an organ.
        [PJC]