1. supplying (an organ or tissue) with a fluid, especially blood, by circulating it through blood vessels or other channels
Usage: medical; present participle of perfuse

Examples

• The surgeon monitored the blood perfusing the transplanted kidney.
• Doctors checked that oxygen was properly perfusing the patient’s brain tissue.
• The medical team ensured the solution was perfusing through all the organ’s vessels.
• Poor circulation was preventing blood from perfusing the extremities.
• The contrast dye helped visualize the fluid perfusing the heart muscle.
• Researchers studied how well the artificial blood was perfusing the lab-grown tissue.