perfusive

Variant of perfuse

transitive verb perfused, perfusing

  1. to sprinkle, cover over, or permeate with or as with a liquid; suffuse
  2. to pour or spread (a liquid, etc.) through or over something

Origin: < L perfusus, pp. of perfundere < per, through + fundere, to pour: see found

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