infusion
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5.5
- noun
- /ɪnˈfjuːʒən/
- Specialized
:
perfusión intravenosa
- The nurse monitored the infusion of the medication to ensure it was delivered at the right rate.
- intravenous infusion
- octreotide infusion
- arginine infusion
They throw ice in the chest and they give a potassium infusion through the blood, which stops the heart.
- They throw ice in the chest and they give a potassium infusion through the blood, which stops the heart.
- And so there's actually there's there's research out there looking at giving people lactate infusions that have TBI.
- So cooling causes vasoconstriction and then after the cooling there's a rebound vasodilation and there's more infusion of blood into the gonads.
Examples
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During the treatment, she received an infusion of fluids through a needle in her arm.
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We found that octreotide infusion significantly reduced recurrent hemorrhage after endoscopic variceal ligation.
Academic text (1995) -
His strength has more than returned; it's been doubled by the infusion of real blood.
Fiction book (1998) -
No patient who received octreotide infusion had side effects that required withdrawal of the drug.
Academic text (1995) -
A 5-fluorouracil infusion was started at least 2 hours before the first radiation fraction.
Academic text (1999) -
There were five minor protocol violations, which involved slight pauses in the infusion of the trial drug.
Academic text (2000) -
Patients on alglucerase therapy had their infusions discontinued two weeks before the study.
Academic text (1996) -
Most clinics provide both treatment chairs for infusions under two hours and comfortable beds for longer infusions.
Academic text (1993) -
Gamma globulin infusion can lower the risk of coronary artery problems.
Academic text (2012) -
Finally, all patients received intravenous infusions pre- and postoperatively to improve microperfusion according to the Stennert infusion schema.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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3.8
A small tube used to give fluid or medicine directly into a vein
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4.1
A thin tube that gives fluids or medicine slowly into a vein
How Continuous
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Morphology
Etymology
Infusion comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and fundere 'to pour'. Think of a slow, careful 'pour' of liquid into the body, so in medicine an infusion is a slow introduction of fluid into a vein or tissue.