infusion
Other forms: infusions
The most common example of an infusion you are likely to encounter in your daily life is your morning cup of coffee. An infusion is the creation of a new substance by steeping another substance in a liquid, usually water.
Infusion is often misused with transfusion, which has a slightly different meaning. A transfusion, as in a blood transfusion, is the simple addition of one substance to another, without the creation of something new. But a drip feed of medicine, for example, is technically an infusion as it alters the state of the blood. See, you’re halfway to becoming a doctor (or at least a linguist) simply by reading this site.
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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”type of:change of statethe act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
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(medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)type of:instillation, instillment, instilmentthe introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop
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the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)type of:extractionthe process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
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a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)synonyms: extracttypes:black catechu, catechuextract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinallypancreatinextract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretionstype of:solutiona homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
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