perfusion (redirected from perfusion:ventilation ratio)

per·fu·sion  (pr-fyzhn)

n.

1. The act of perfusing.

2. The injection of fluid into a blood vessel in order to reach an organ or tissues, usually to supply nutrients and oxygen.

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perfusion - pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels) intromission, insertion, introduction - the act of putting one thing into another