INFUSION
\ɪnfjˈuːʒən], \ɪnfjˈuːʒən], \ɪ_n_f_j_ˈuː_ʒ_ə_n]\
Definitions of INFUSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
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the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality; "the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent"
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(medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)
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the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)
By Princeton University
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a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
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the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality; "the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent"
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(medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.
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That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.
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The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.
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The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues.
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The liquid extract obtained by this process.
By Oddity Software
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The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.
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That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.
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The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.
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The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its virtues.
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The liquid extract obtained by this process.
By Noah Webster.
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The pouring of water, wheather boiling or not, over any substance, in order to extract its active qualities: a solution in water of an organic, esp. a vegetable substance: the liquor so obtained: inspiration: instilling.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A pharmaceutical operation, which consists in pouring a hot or cold fluid upon a substance whose medical virtues it is desired to extract. Infusion is, also, used for the product of this operation.
By Robley Dunglison
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The steeping of a substance in water for obtaining its soluble principles; also the solution so obtained.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A solution (generally aqueous) of those portions of a crude drug that are soluble in the menstruum, used without the aid of boiling.
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The process of making such an infusion.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling ; instillation ; introduction; inspiration ; suggestion ;—act or process of steeping any insoluble substance in water in order to extract its virtues; -the liquid which is obtained by this process ;—act of introducing into the veins by a syringe, as opiates, &c.
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