different between perfusion vs effusion

English

Etymology

From Middle French perfusion, from Latin perfusio (“the act of pouring over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???fju??n/

Noun

perfusion (countable and uncountable, plural perfusions)

1. The act of perfusing
2. (medicine) The introduction of a drug or nutrients through the bloodstream in order to reach an internal organ or tissues.

Derived terms

• perfusionist

Translations

Anagrams

• fourspine, prefusion

French

Noun

perfusion f (plural perfusions)

1. (medicine) perfusion, drip, intravenous injection

Further reading

• “perfusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin eff?si? (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English ?gotennes.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

effusion (countable and uncountable, plural effusions)

1. A liquid outpouring.
2. (chemistry) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
3. (figuratively, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
   • 1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures

     Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion […]

4. (medicine) The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French effusion, borrowed from Latin effusio, effusionem.

Noun

effusion f (plural effusions)

1. effusion

Further reading

• “effusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).