perfusiveadj.
/pəˈfjuːzɪv/, U.S. /pərˈfjuzɪv/ 1. That is cast all over or diffused throughout something; pervasive.
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the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > pervading
heady1559
rifeful1614
transfusive1677
pervading1682
pervasive1736
perfusive1817
interpenetrate1877
ambient1883
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 159 The perfusive and omni~present grace which have preserved, as in a shrine of precious amber, the Sparrow of Catullus, the Swallow, the Grass~hopper, and all the other little loves of Anacreon.
1869 W. G. T. Shedd Homiletics iii. 85 Unity that is thorough and perfusive, and moulds the multitudes of materials.
1962 D. Krook Ordeal of Consciousness x. 333 The perfusive irony of The Ambassadors is completely absent.
1996 D. F. Wallace David Lynch keeps his Head in Supposedly Fun Thing (1997) 176 A thoroughgoingly Lynchian filming environment, with perfusive sunshine and imported beer-colored light.
2.
a. Medicine and Physiology. Of or relating to perfusion (perfusion n. 2a).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > transfusion > [adjective]
transfusing1667
perfused1903
transfusional1965
perfusive1976
1976 Arzneimittelforschung 26 858 Administration of streptase removed the fibrin deposits and restored the perfusive flow in the isolated liver.
1984 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 304 130 A significant fall in pulmonary capillary blood flow, which could have been produced by either a perfusive or diffusive barrier to gas exchange.
2002 Respiration Physiol. 129 385 Diffusive and perfusive gas conductances of the shell and chorioallantois of avian eggs are not homogeneous.
b. Chemistry. Of, relating to, or used in perfusion chromatography.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical assay or analytical chemistry > [adjective] > of specific types > of or relating to chromatography > of specific types
partition chromatographic1944
ionographic1950
gas chromatographic1952
perfusive1994
1994 Analyt. Chem. 66 3651 The perfusive-particle column..exhibited sufficient resolution of the antibiotics for its routine usage.
2004 Methods Molecular Biol. 244 253 Regnier and his colleagues developed ‘perfusive’ packings that contain large through-pores.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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