See Also: perfusion(dictionary)
Perfusion(medicine)
tissue perfusion(medicine)
perfusion cannula(medicine)
perfusion, regional(medicine)
arterial perfusion(medicine)
isolated limb perfusion(medicine)
ventilation-perfusion scan(medicine)
ventilation-perfusion ratio(medicine)
ventilation perfusion scanning(medicine)

hamlet (oh) and perfusion (iou)


hamlet (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: hamelet, from ham 'village']
a very small village

perfusion (iou)



perfusion noun. L16.
[Latin perfusio(n-), formed as PERFUSE: see -ION.]
The action of pouring a fluid on, over, or through something; spec. the pouring of water over a person in baptism. L16.
Medicine. The process of passing a fluid, esp. treated blood or a substitute for blood, through an organ or tissue; treatment of a patient by continuous transfusion of prepared blood. E20.