PERFUSION

PRONUNCIATION: (puhr-FYOO-zhuhn)

MEANING: noun:
1. The spreading of a liquid, color, light, aroma, etc.
2. The passage of a fluid through an organ or tissue, for example, to supply nutrients or oxygen.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin perfundere (to drench), from per- (through) + fundere (to pour). Earliest documented use: 1574.
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PERIFUSION - Iolanthe and Tinkerbell merge

PEARFUSION - grafting a pear-tree bole onto apple-tree stock

PERUSION - reading