perfusion
- n pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)
- Kidneys for transplant are typically stored on ice before surgery, but a new study suggests that using cold perfusion to store organs leads to better transplant success.
- And new radioactive markers are making nuclear perfusion scans shorter and more precise.
- To help Carrel, Lindbergh had used his magical mechanical ingenuity to devise a "perfusion pump" that kept the thyroid gland of a cat alive for 18 days.