Definitions for infusion

infusion in·fu·sion

Spelling: [in-fyoo-zhuh n]
IPA: /ɪnˈfyu ʒən/

Infusion is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in infusion (fiinnosu).

Definitions for infusion

noun

  1. the act or process of infusing.
  2. something that is infused.
  3. a liquid extract, as tea, prepared by steeping or soaking.
  4. Pharmacology. the steeping or soaking of a crude drug in water. the liquid so prepared.
  5. Medicine/Medical. the introduction of a saline or other solution into a vein. the solution used.

Origin of infusion

1400-50; late Middle English Latin infūsiōn- (stem of infūsiō). See infuse, -ion

Examples for infusion

Buttermilk whey sweetened with honey, or an infusion of marshmallow roots, ought to constitute the whole of the patient's drink.

Both became feverish and ill with the infusion, as expected, and both recovered.

An infusion of white blood does not help the matter, but rather makes it worse.

The salts and more active spirits of tar are got by infusion in cold water; but the resinous part is not to be dissolved thereby.

Markets will not be so sanguine if it is the Spanish or Italian banking system that needs an infusion.

The buy-out had drained the Lampoon's resources, and an infusion of fresh cash was urgently needed.

They said that these things were absolutely begotten in the water of the decaying substances out of which the infusion was made.

Some infusion pumps and patient monitoring systems go for less than $100.

Worms may be destroyed by an infusion of walnut-tree leaves, or by pouring into the holes a ley made of wood ashes and lime.

“There is a lot of infusion of different medias, which before was completely unconnected to the art world,” Emilia says.

Word Value for infusion
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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