Infusion

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  • noun. The act or process of infusing.
  • noun. Something infused or introduced.
  • noun. The liquid product obtained by infusing.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Introduction of a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes.
  • noun. The solution so introduced.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The introduction into a vein of a quantity of saline solution or other fluid for therapeutic purposes.
  • noun. The act of infusing, pouring in, imbuing, or instilling: as, the infusion of good principles.
  • noun. That which is infused or diffused; something poured in or mingled.
  • noun. The process of steeping a substance, as a plant, in water, in order to extract its virtues.
  • noun. A liquid extract or essence obtained by steeping a vegetable substance.
  • noun. A pouring, or pouring out, as upon an object; affusion: formerly used of that method of baptism in which the water is poured upon the person.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling; instillation
  • noun. That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.
  • noun. The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act or process of steeping or soaking any substance in water in order to extract its active principles.
  • noun. The liquid extract obtained by this process.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
  • noun. The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
  • noun. The act of installing a quality into a person.
  • noun. The act of dipping into a fluid.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)
  • noun. the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)
  • noun. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
  • noun. the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality
  • Word Usage
    "The IMF could probably provide $5 billion of that additional money - enough for any short term infusion in the case of a market panic, including by using some of its profits on recent gold sales."
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