Meaning

verb force a fluid through (a body part or tissue)

verb cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- Proto-Indo-European *-né-? Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰunédti ~ ǵʰundénti Proto-Italic *hundō Latin fundō Latin perfundō Latin perfūsusder. English perfuse From 1520s, from Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundo (“to pour over, besprinkle”) from per- + fundo (“to…

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