perifusate Med.
(pɛrɪˈfjuːzeɪt)
[f. next + -ate, after perfusate.]
The liquid that results from perifusion.
| 1969 Lancet 25 Oct. 883/1 In the perifusion system, 4–6% of the total pancreatic i.r.i. leaked into the perifusate during the initial ‘washing’ of the freshly cut tissue. 1978 Nature 19 Jan. 272/2, 6 mM l-glucose was added to a perifusate containing 3 mM d-glucose without significantly changing the rate of 42K+ efflux as compared with controls maintained in 3 mM d-glucose alone. |