perifuse

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• perifuse — To flush a fresh supply of bathing fluid around all of the outside surfaces of a small piece of tissue immersed in it. Cf.:perfuse, superfuse. [peri + L. fusio, a pouring] * * * peri·fuse (per″ĭ fūzґ) [peri + L. fundere to pour]… …   Medical dictionary

• perfuse — To force blood or other fluid to flow from the artery through the vascular bed of a tissue or to flow through the lumen of a hollow structure ( e.g., an isolated renal tubule) …   Medical dictionary

• superfuse — To flush a fluid over the top of a tissue. Cf.:perfuse, perifuse. * * * su·per·fuse .sü pər fyüz vt, fused; fus·ing to maintain the metabolic or physiological activity of (as an isolated organ) by submitting to a continuous flow of a sustaining… …   Medical dictionary