fus-, fun-, fund-, fut-, found- +
(Latin > French: pour, melt, blend)
affuse, affuses, affused, affusing (verbs)
To pour upon; to sprinkle, as with a liquid.
affusion (s), affusions (pl) (noun forms)
1. The pouring on of water or another liquid, as in the rite of baptism.
2. The act of baptizing someone by pouring water on his or her head.
3. Pouring water on the body or any of its parts for therapeutic purposes.
2. The act of baptizing someone by pouring water on his or her head.
3. Pouring water on the body or any of its parts for therapeutic purposes.
autoinfusion (s), autoinfusions (pl) (noun forms)
Forcing the blood from the extremities, as by the application of a bandage or a pressure device, to raise the blood pressure and to fill vessels in the vital organs.
Used after an excessive loss of blood or other body fluids.
autologous transfusion (s), autologous transfusions (pl) (noun forms)
A procedure for collecting and storing a patient's own blood several weeks before its anticipated need by the patient.
Alternatively, blood lost during a surgical procedure can be recovered from the operation site and processed for transfusion.
This method of providing blood for an individual is used to prevent the transmission of disease that can occur with the use of donor blood.
autotransfusion (s), autotransfusions (pl); autohemotransfusion (s), autohemotransfusions (pl); autoreinfusion (s), autoreinfusions (pl) (noun forms)
1. Withdrawal and re-injection or transfusion of the patient's own blood.
2. Infusion of a patient's own blood, either collected and returned to the body during surgery or transfused from a stored supply.
2. Infusion of a patient's own blood, either collected and returned to the body during surgery or transfused from a stored supply.
cadaver blood transfusion (s), cadaver blood transfusions (pl) (noun forms)
A transfusion using blood obtained from a cadaver within a short time after death.
circumfuse, circumfuses, circumfused, circumfusing (verb forms)
1. To pour around; to diffuse.
2. To surround as with a fluid.
3. To spread something around something else.
2. To surround as with a fluid.
3. To spread something around something else.
circumfusion (s), circumfusions (pl) (noun forms)
1. The act of pouring or spreading around.
2. The state of being poured around.
2. The state of being poured around.
confound, confounds, confounded, confounding (verb forms)
1. To perplex or to amaze; especially, by a sudden disturbance or surprise; to bewilder; to confuse: "Trying to comprehend the complicated directions for operating his new TV confounded him too much."
2. To throw into confusion or disorder: "The new tax system confounded the people."
3. To throw into increased confusion or disorder.
4. To treat or regard erroneously as identical; to mix or associate by mistake: "What he said confounded truth with errors."
5. To mingle so that the elements cannot be distinguished or separated.
6. To contradict or to refute: "She tried to confound their arguments."
7. Etymology: from Middle English confounden, from Anglo-Norman confundre, from Latin confundere, "to mix together, to confuse"; from com-, "together" + fundere, "to pour".
2. To throw into confusion or disorder: "The new tax system confounded the people."
3. To throw into increased confusion or disorder.
4. To treat or regard erroneously as identical; to mix or associate by mistake: "What he said confounded truth with errors."
5. To mingle so that the elements cannot be distinguished or separated.
6. To contradict or to refute: "She tried to confound their arguments."
7. Etymology: from Middle English confounden, from Anglo-Norman confundre, from Latin confundere, "to mix together, to confuse"; from com-, "together" + fundere, "to pour".
confounded (adjective)
1. Confused or perplexed; having caused the inability to think clearly: "These questions even confused the professors."
2. Having mistaken one thing for another, confused.
2. Having mistaken one thing for another, confused.
confounder (s), confounders (pl) (noun forms)
Someone who causes confusion, or disorder, in a situation or relationship.
confusable (adjective)
So similar as to be easily identified for another thing: "The dictionary contained potentially confusable senses of words."
confuse, confuses, confused, confusing (verb forms)
1. To make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.
2. To make unclear or incomprehensible.
3. To make something hard, or harder, to understand.
2. To make unclear or incomprehensible.
3. To make something hard, or harder, to understand.
confusedly (adverb)
1. Descriptive of being unable to think with clarity or to act with understanding and intelligence.
2. A reference to the lack of logical order or sense; characterized by being chaotic or jumbled.
2. A reference to the lack of logical order or sense; characterized by being chaotic or jumbled.
confusedness (noun)
1. The state or quality of being confused.
2. Unable to think, or reason, clearly or to act sensibly.
3, In no logical or sensible order.
2. Unable to think, or reason, clearly or to act sensibly.
3, In no logical or sensible order.
