Pronounced: FRY-uh-bull, adj
Notes: I think I have run across this word, but I don’t remember where, and I didn’t know the meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word perfuse means
- to spread over as a liquid, color, light, aroma, etc
- to force a liquid, such as blood, through an organ or tissue
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1400s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Latin word perfundere (to drench), which is made up of per- (through) and fundere (to pour).
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