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单词 affusion
释义

affusion

/əˈfjuːʒn/
noun
1The action or an act of pouring a liquid on to something or someone. Now rare.
2The pouring of water on the body or a part of the body for therapeutic purposes; an instance of this. Frequently with distinguishing word specifying the temperature of the water, especially in cold affusion. Also figurative. Now historical.
  • Affusion of cold water was used commonly in the treatment of fevers until the early 20th cent..
3 Christian Church. The administration of baptism by pouring or sprinkling water over a person's head (opposed to immersion and aspersion); an instance of this.
  • Now the most usual form of baptism in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches..

Origin

Early 17th century (in an earlier sense). From (i) French affusion parenchyma;.

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