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perfuse

Pronunciation: /pəˈfjuːz/

Definition of perfuse

verb

[with object]

permeate or suffuse with a liquid, colour, or quality:the yellow light is perfused with white
Medicine supply (an organ or tissue) with a fluid by circulating it through blood vessels or other natural channels: the transplanted kidney is perfused at low pressure by retrograde flow (as adjective perfused)the isolated perfused rat liver

Derivatives

perfusion
perfusionist

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'cause to flow through or away'): from Latin perfus- 'poured through', from the verb perfundere, from per- 'through' + fundere 'pour'