perfusate Med.
(pəˈfjuːzeɪt)
[f. perfuse v. + -ate, after filtrate, precipitate, etc.]
Any fluid used for perfusion.
| 1915 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. XXXVIII. 201 Winterstein perfused new-born rabbits with saline solution..and concluded that the hydrogen-ion concentration of the perfusate governed the function of the respiratory center. 1938 Nature 29 Oct. 800/2 The frog's liver perfused with a saline solution can secrete natural and artificial pigments in concentrations many hundred times those in the perfusate. 1961 Jrnl. Clin. Invest. XL. 1079/2 Solutions pumped into the oral end of the tube entered the intestine at a known site; 15 cm distally the perfusate was aspirated and collected from the anal end of the tube. 1968 Sci. Jrnl. Nov. 63/3 The use of balanced salt solution perfusates without red cells (solutions having a composition similar to extra-cellular fluid). Ibid. 64/2 Blood and a variety of other perfusates were studied. |