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What does infusion mean?

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Noun
  1. A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
  2. The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
  3. The act of installing a quality into a person.
  4. (obsolete) The act of dipping into a fluid.
  5. (medicine) The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.
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An infusion of the root, leaves and flowers encourages the elimination of toxins from the body.
In many cultures, men and occasionally women retire each evening to the nakamal to prepare and drink kava, an infusion of the pepper plant.
The menu notes that the kitchen needs half an hour to prepare this traditional infusion of rice, saffron, seafood and sausage.
A decoction, infusion or tincture of the seeds is useful in nervous debility, hysteria and other nervous disorders.
The animals were imaged in a magnetic resonance scanner during the infusion and 1, 2, 4, and 7 days after infusion.
Occasionally it may be necessary to use a continuous intravenous infusion of a loop diuretic.

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