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per·fu·sion

 (pər-fyo͞o′zhən)
n.
1. The act or an instance of perfusing.
2. The injection of fluid into a blood vessel in order to reach an organ or tissues, usually to supply nutrients and oxygen.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.perfusion - pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)
intromission, insertion, introduction - the act of putting one thing into another
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per·fu·sion

n. perfusión, pasaje de un líquido o sustancia a través de un conducto.
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perfusion

n perfusión f
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Mallinckrodt announced top-line results from its company-sponsored, proof-of-concept study of nitric oxide gas, or gNO, with ex-vivo lung perfusion compared to lung perfusion alone in human lung transplants.
Autologous, ex vivo perfusion maintains normal physiological parameters, histological characteristics and function for prolonged periods, and allows for a detailed analysis of organ responses to various biochemical and hormonal changes (Imber et al., 2002b,a; Butler et al., 2002; Daniel et al., 2018).
Background: Vascular resistance and flow rate during hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) of kidneys is correlated with graft function.