INFUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infusion mean? 

• INFUSION (noun)
  The noun INFUSION has 4 senses:

1. a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

2. the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)

3. (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)

4. the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality

  Familiarity information: INFUSION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFUSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

extract; infusion

Hypernyms ("infusion" is a kind of...):

solution (a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "infusion"):

beef tea; Bovril (an extract of beef (given to people who are ill))

black catechu; catechu (extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally)

pancreatin (extract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("infusion" is a kind of...):

extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means)

Derivation:

infuse (undergo the process of infusion)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("infusion" is a kind of...):

instillation; instillment; instilment (the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Derivation:

infuse (introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent

Hypernyms ("infusion" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Derivation:

infuse (fill, as with a certain quality)

 Context examples 

An increase in the level of gastrin in the blood after the infusion may be a sign of a gastrinoma.

(Calcium infusion test, NCI Dictionary)

An regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and etoposide administered as a continuous infusion, used for the treatment of aggressive forms and AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(CDE Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Donor lymphocyte infusion is a type of cellular therapy.

(Cellular Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of radiation therapy in which the patient is given an intravenous boron infusion that is absorbed by tumor cells.

(Boron neutron capture therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

The infusion of components of blood or whole blood into the bloodstream.

(Blood transfusion, NCI Dictionary)

It is usually given by infusion or injection into a blood vessel.

(Bolus dose, NCI Dictionary)

This device avoids the need for separate needle insertions for each infusion or blood test.

(Central venous access catheter, NCI Dictionary)

Infusion of CNDO-109-activated allogeneic NK cells may be able to lyse and destroy NK-resistant tumor cells and a broad spectrum of tumor cells.

(CNDO-109-activated Allogeneic Natural Killer Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): An infusion started at 12: 15pm and ended at 2: 37pm, but there was an interruption of 17 minutes.

(Performed Substance Administration Interruption Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

These studies test the best way to give a new treatment (for example, by mouth, intravenous infusion, or injection) and the best dose.

(phase I trial, NCI Dictionary)