perfusedadj.
/pəˈfjuːzd/, U.S. /pərˈfjuzd/ Medicine and Physiology.
Of an organ, etc.: supplied with a flow of blood or perfusate. Of a liquid: supplied as a perfusate.
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1903 Jrnl. Physiol. 29 271 Difficulties in the way of obtaining a sufficiently rapid rate of flow through the perfused organ.
1906 Jrnl. Physiol. 35 54 The amount of oxygen in the perfused liquid and the rate of perfusion were as far as possible controlled.
1974 V. B. Mountcastle et al. Med. Physiol. (ed. 13) II. lix. 1392/1 Poor or zero ventilation of perfused lung..produces the same end result..as an anatomic shunt would produce.
1994 Sci. Amer. July 47/1 The often slow process of diffusion is the only available means of dispersion to poorly perfused areas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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