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What's The Definition Of Infusion?
[n] 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"
[n] (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force) [n] a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) Synonyms | Synonyms for Infusion: extract Related Terms | Find terms related to Infusion: absorption and regurgitation | afflatus | affusion | animating spirit | animation | animus | aspergation | aspersion | baptism | baptismal gown | baptismal regeneration | baptistery | baptizement | brainwashing | brewing | catechization | chemical solution | chrismal | christening | concentrate | concentration | conditioning | dash | decoction | dictation | distillate | distillation | divine afflatus | drench | drenching | ducking | dunking | elixir | embedment | enlivenment | entrance | essence | exhilaration | expression | extract | extraction | fire | firing | font | genius | graft | grafting | hint | imbruement | imbuement | immersion | impaction | impactment | implantation | impregnation | impression | inculcation | indoctrination | infection | infiltration | infixation | infixion | injection | inkling | inoculation | insertion | insinuation | inspiration | instillation | instillment | interjection | interpenetration | interpolation | intimation | introduction | intromission | leach | leachate | leaching | lixiviation | lixivium | maceration | marination | mixture | moving spirit | penetration | percolation | perfusion | permeation | pervasion | pressing | pulping | purification | quintessence | refinement | reindoctrination | rendering | rendition | saturation | sauce | seasoning | seething | shade | smack | soak | soakage | soaking | solution | sopping | soupcon | souse | sousing | spice | spirit | sprinkling | squeezing | steeping | suffusion | suggestion | suspicion | taint | tempering | tessellation | thought | tinct | tincture | tinge | tint | total immersion | touch | trace | transplant | transplantation | vestige See Also | beef tea | black catechu | Bovril | catechu | change of state | instillation | instillment | instilment | pancreatin | solution Infusion In Webster's Dictionary \In*fu"sion\, n. [L. infusio a pouring in: cf. F.
infusion. See {Infuse}, v. t.]
1. The act of infusing, pouring in, or instilling;
instillation; as, the infusion of good principles into the
mind; the infusion of ardor or zeal.
Our language has received innumerable elegancies and
improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms.
--Addison.
2. That which is infused; suggestion; inspiration.
His folly and his wisdom are of his oun growth, not
the echo or infusion of other men. --Swift.
3. The act of plunging or dipping into a fluid; immersion.
[Obs.] ``Baptism by infusion.'' --Jortin.
4. (Pharmacy)
(a) The act or process of steeping or soaking any
substance in water in order to extract its virtues.
(b) The liquid extract obtained by this process.
Sips meek infusion of a milder herb. --Cowper.
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