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Definition: Infusion |
InfusionNoun1. A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water). 2. (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force). 3. The act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality; "the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "infusion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Etymology: Infusion \In*fu"sion\, noun. [Latin expression infusio pouring in: compare to the French expression infusion. See Infuse, transitive verb]. (references) |
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Health | A method of putting fluids, including drugs, into the bloodstream. Also called intravenous infusion. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An Infusion is a beverage made by steeping a flavoring substance in hot or boiling water.See also coffee, tea, tisane.
An infusion in medicine is when a person is attached to a device (a drip) that constantly delivers a liquid into their bloodstream. This stub needs attention.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Infusion."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| IN | English | Infusion of nitrogen | Metallurgy |
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Synonym: InfusionSynonym: extract (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insertion | Noun: insertion, implantation, introduction; insinuation; (intervention); planting; Verb: injection, inoculation, importation, infusion; forcible ingress; immersion; submersion, submergence, dip, plunge; bath; (water); interment. |
Liquefaction | Solution, apozem, lixivium, infusion, flux. |
Mixture | Impregnation; infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion; infiltration; seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding; interpolation; adulteration, sophistication. |
Tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon. | |
Remedy | Treatment, medical treatment, regimen; dietary, dietetics; vis medicatrix, vis medicatrix naturae; medecine expectante; bloodletting, bleeding, venesection, phlebotomy, cupping, sanguisae, leeches; operation, surgical operation; transfusion, infusion, intravenous infusion, catheter, feeding tube; |
Medicine, physic, Galenicals, simples, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription, potion, draught, dose, pill, bolus, injection, infusion, drip, suppository, electuary; linctus, lincture; medicament; pharmacon. | |
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 | Bacillus anthracis capsule production on heart infusion 0.8% sodium bicarbonate agar medium, and incubated at 35 degrees centigrade with 5 - 10% carbon dioxide. Credit: CDC. |  | [Laboratory Animals: Demonstration of venous infusion of medicine]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He prescribed an infusion of pure quinine, and, in case the fever should return in the night, a soothing potion |
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Health | One study combined systemic infusion with hepatic irradiation. (references) | |
Frequency of reactions may be correlated with volume and/or rate of infusion. (references) | ||
Adverse reactions often can be alleviated by reducing the rate or the volume of infusion. (references) | ||
Business | Polish companies need foreign partners to supply an infusion of capital and technology. (references) | |
According to the National Alliance for Infusion Therapy, there are at least 31 diseases treated using HIT technology that are commonly reimbursed in the United States. (references) | ||
Given Japan's demographic trends, and the clear need to reduce hospitalization costs, providers of Home Infusion Therapy (HIT) products should see the development of more favorable market conditions in Japan. (references) | ||
Economic History | Brazil | The cash infusion will also be used to modernize the production capabilities. (references) |
Nigeria | Several policies have been formulated without a corresponding infusion of funds. (references) | |
Slovak Rep | The pending privatization of a state-owned blood and infusion products manufacturer provides investment opportunities. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | Resignations and retirements of senior police officials have permitted the infusion of new personnel at senior levels from both inside and outside the SAPS; these appointments also have promoted affirmative action within the SAPS. (references) |
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| "Infusion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Infusion" is used about 472 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 472 | 12,553 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "infusion": bolus infusion ♦ continuous infusion ♦ Home Infusion Therapy ♦ infusion gun ♦ infusion of tea ♦ Infusion Pumps ♦ infusion tube ♦ Insulin Infusion Systems ♦ intracarotid infusion ♦ intrahepatic infusion ♦ intraperitoneal infusion ♦ intravenous infusion ♦ intraventricular infusion ♦ water infusion. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "infusion": pre-infusion. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "infusion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aftreksel (extract). (various references) | |
Albanian | infuzion, zhytje (absorption, dip, dipping, dive, diving, duck out, immersion, plunging, sinking, submergence), zbrujtje, ekstrakt (clip, distillate, excerpt, extract). (various references) | |
Arabic | نفخ في (infuse, inspire, inspire with, insufflate), نقل السوائل أو الدم, غرس في (infuse), تشريب إدخال سائل في الوريد, سكب (casting, decant, empty, infuse, melt down, mould, pour, pouring out, render, shed, slop, slosh), صب (cast, casting, cut, decant, discharge, flow, imbue, lave, molding, moulding, paint, pigment, pour, rain, shaping, teem), إشراب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | смес (admixture, alloy, amalgam, commixture, composite, compound, fusion, intermixture, medley, melange, miscellany, mix, mixture), чай от билка, вливане (debouchment, inflow, inflowing, influx, instilment), вдъхване (implantation, implanting, inoculation, inspiration), отвара (decoction, ptisan), настойка, накисване (maceration, soak, soaking, souse, steep, steeping), наливане, запарване, преливане (flowage, fusion, overflow, transfusion), примес (admixture, adulterant, alloy, dash, dross, impurity, intermixture, touch), попарване (nip, withering). (various references) | |
Chinese | 注入 (impregnation). (various references) | |
Czech | infuze, odvar (concoction), nálev (dressing). (various references) | |
Danish | infusion (drip-feeding, perfusion). (various references) | |
Dutch | infusie (drip-feeding, perfusion). (various references) | |
Esperanto | infuzaĵo (extract). (various references) | |
Faeroese | úrdráttur (extract). (various references) | |
Farsi | پاشیدن (Inseminate, Pour, Spatter, Spray, Sprinkle, Spurtle, Strew), تزریق (Shot, Transfusion), الهام (Apocalypse, Inspiration, Prescience, Revelation, Sprite, Vision), القاء (Inspiration), ریزش (Catarrh, Diffusion, Downfall, Gush, Income, Influx, Outflow, Slide, Slump, Spray), ریختن (Disgorge, Dust, Found, Infuse, Lave, Pour, Shed, Strew), دم کرده . (various references) | |
Finnish | infuusio (drip), yrttijuoma (juice of herbs), uuttaminen (diffusion), uutos (extract), perfuusio (drip-feeding, perfusion), läpivirtaus (drip-feeding, perfusion), läpi valutus (drip-feeding, perfusion), läpi valuminen (drip-feeding, perfusion), hauduttaminen (braising). (various references) | |
French | infusion. (various references) | |
Frisian | ôftreksel (extract). (various references) | |
German | infusion (drip-feeding, perfusion), aufguss (brew, rehash). (various references) | |
Greek | έγχυση (injection), έγχυμα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | תשפיך, שריה (maceration, saturation, soaking, souse, steeping), ערוי (spilling, transfusion), אינפוזיה, השראה (inspiration, intuition, verve), הזלה (dropping, sprinkling). (various references) | |
Hungarian | leforrázás (scalding), keverék (blend, mash, mingle-mangle, mix, hybrid, medley, mingle, mish-mash). (various references) | |
Italian | infusione (drip-feeding, perfusion), infuso (brew). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 煎薬 (decoction), 煎じ薬 (decoction). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せんやく (decoction, elixir, former occupant of the post, former post, panacea, previous engagement, prior contract), せんじぐすり (decoction). (various references) | |
Manx | yn-sheeley (filterable). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | infusionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | instilao, infuso, infuso, infusão (brew, steep, tea), infusão, tisana, perfusão (drip-feeding, leakage, perfusion), macerao. (various references) | |
Romanian | infuzie, turnare (fount, running), opãrire, fierturã (broth, concoction, soup). (various references) | |
Russian | вливание. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | infuzija, ulivanje (inculcation, inflow, inflowing, influence, merging). (various references) | |
Spanish | infusión (brew). (various references) | |
Swedish | infusion, dekokt (decoction). (various references) | |
Turkish | içine dökme, telkin (inculcation, inspiration, prompting, suggestion), katma (added, adding, addition, additional, admixture, affiliation, annexation, incorporation, supplemental, supplementary), demlenmiş içecek, demleme, damara zerketme, aşılama (fertilization, grafting, immunization, implantation, impregnation, inoculation, instillation, instillment, instilment, vaccinal, vaccination). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вливання, настоювання, навіювання (suggestion). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tiêm, sự pha (adulteration), nước sắc sự truyền, chất để pha nước pha. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | absinthio, absinthium. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "infusion": infusions. (additional references) | |
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"Infusion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cinfusion, enfusion, incusion, infustion, inlusio, intusion, inuasion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "infusion" (pronounced i'nfyuw"zhun) |
| 7 | -n f y uw" zh u n | confusion. |
| 6 | -f y uw" zh u n | diffusion, fusion, profusion, transfusion. |
| 4 | -uw" zh u n | allusion, collusion, conclusion, contusion, delusion, disillusion, exclusion, extrusion, illusion, inclusion, intrusion, occlusion, preclusion, seclusion. |
| 3 | -zh u n | abrasion, aspersion, aversion, circumcision, cohesion, collision, conversion, corrosion, decision, derision, dispersion, diversion, division, envision, equation, erosion, evasion, excision, excursion, explosion, immersion, implosion, incision, incursion, indecision, invasion, inversion, lesion, misprision, occasion, persuasion, perversion, precision, provision, recision, rescission, reversion, revision, suasion, subdivision, submersion, subversion, supervision, television, version, vision. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-i-i-n-n-o-s-u" | |
-2 letters: fusion, inions, unions, unison. | |
-3 letters: finis, finos, foins, infos, inion, nouns, union. | |
-4 letters: fino, fins, foin, fons, funs, info, inns, ions, nisi, noun, nous, nuns, onus, sunn. | |
-5 letters: fin, fon, fou, fun, ifs, inn, ins, ion, nos, nun, nus, ons, sin, son, sou, sun, uns. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-i-i-n-n-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: infusions. | |
+2 letters: infusorian. | |
+3 letters: disfunction, infusorians, interfusion, misfunction. | |
+4 letters: disfunctions, fulminations, infatuations, infuriations, insufflation, interfusions, misfunctions, unifications. | |
+5 letters: disfunctional, fluorinations, functionalism, functionalist, functionaries, infibulations, insufflations, misfunctioned, nondiffusible, noninfectious. | |
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