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infusion Med introduction of a liquid, such as a saline solution, into a vein or the subcutaneous tissues of the body infusion [in′fyü·zhən] (chemistry) The aqueous solution of a soluble constituent of a substance as the result of the substance's steeping in the solvent for a period of time. (medicine) The slow injection of a solution into a vein or into subcutaneous or other tissue of the body. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She was an American woman, with a small infusion of French which seemed to have been lost in dilution. A certain infusion, therefore, of these elements is necessary to style; for the strange (or rare) word, the metaphorical, the ornamental, and the other kinds above mentioned, will raise it above the commonplace and mean, while the use of proper words will make it perspicuous. Anon he would be telling you of a cold he acquired in a Chicago lake breeze and how old Escamila cured it in Buenos Ayres with a hot infusion of the |
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