# perfuse

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.
2. To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body.

## Etymology
From 1520s, from Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundo (“to pour over, besprinkle”) from per- + fundo (“to pour”) (from nasalised form of PIE root *gheu- ("to pour")); compare diffuse, suffuse.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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