Taber's Medical Dictionary
infusion
(in-fū′zhŏn )
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1. Any liquid substance (other than blood) introduced into the body for therapeutic purposes.
2. Steeping or soaking a substance in hot but not boiling water or in cold water in order to obtain its active principle.
3. The product obtained from the infusion.
infuse (in-fūz′), v.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Infusion." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755362/all/continuous_hepatic_artery_infusion.
Infusion. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755362/all/continuous_hepatic_artery_infusion. Accessed April 4, 2026.
Infusion. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755362/all/continuous_hepatic_artery_infusion
Infusion [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 04]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755362/all/continuous_hepatic_artery_infusion.
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