Word Finder - infusions

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A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.

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An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion.

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The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.

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The act of installing a quality into a person.

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The act of dipping into a fluid.

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(medicine) The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.

The pharmacopeial tincture may be given in doses of five to fifteen minims, and the infusion has the unusually small dose of two to four drachms - the dose of other infusions being an ounce or more.

In the United States of America and Canada, in some portions of Europe and of Asia, and along the north of Africa, there is a free use made of green or unfermented teas with pale, pungent infusions.

In the first place, the ancient question of " spontaneous generation " received fresh impetus from the difficulty of keeping such minute organisms as bacteria from reaching and developing in organic infusions; and, secondly, the long-suspected analogies between the phenomena of fermentation and those of certain diseases again made themselves felt, as both became better understood.

Needham in 1745 had declared that heated infusions of organic matter were not deprived of living beings; Spallanzani (1777) had replied that more careful heating and other precautions prevent the appearance of organisms in the fluid.

Nevertheless, instances were adduced where the most careful heating of yolk of egg, milk, hay-infusions, &c., had failed, - the boiled infusions, &c., turning putrid and swarming with bacteria after a few hours.

Mixed zoogloea found as a pellicle on the surface of vegetable infusions, &c.; it consists of various forms, and contains cocci (a) and rodlets, in series (b and c), &c. (x 540).

Needham (1713-1781) that animalcules did not develop in vegetable infusions which had been boiled and were kept in properly closed vessels.

In the Middle Ages caper infusions were considered aphrodisiac and a mild tonic.

I have drunk nourishing herbal infusions on a daily basis for more than twenty years.

Intra-arterial infusions of methotrexate have been used in the treatment of head and neck cancers.

Reduce the use of potassium chloride concentrate in general ward areas and critical care areas further by purchasing ready to use potassium chloride infusions.

Schizomycetes are ubiquitous as saprophytes in still ponds and ditches, in running streams and rivers, and in the sea, and especially in drains, bogs, refuse heaps, and in the soil, and wherever organic infusions are allowed to stand for a short time.

Buttercreams are made of 15% soap and 85% natural oils, butters, glycerine, essential oils and plant infusions to soften skin.

Shower Gels - Made with fresh organic fruit, herbal infusions and essential oils, Lush shower gels provide an instant mood-lifter.

Today, the term organic tea can refer to any of a number of hot, plant-based infusions designed to be relaxing or medically beneficial.

To improve insomnia, use herbal teas, baths or infusions.

Children with type 1 diabetes must take insulin injections or infusions.

For those children with ADA deficiency, ADA infusions are the accepted treatment of choice.

As an example of gene therapy for SCID children with ADA deficiency, the child receives periodic infusions of his or her own T cells corrected with a gene for ADA that has been implanted in an activated virus.

Clot busters must be administered quickly and properly through several specifically timed intravenous infusions according to a rigid protocol established for each drug and the body weight of each patient.

With mild bleeding episodes in persons afflicted with hemophilia A, infusions of a drug called desmopressin (DDAVP) may be administered.

Lesser increases in concentration mean that iron absorption is abnormal and that more effective therapy may involve injections or infusions of iron.

Injections and infusions of iron can be given to individuals with poor iron absorption.

Patients with Bruton's agammaglobulinemia must be given periodic infusions of pooled immunoglobulin from multiple donors.

The infusions are given approximately once a month for life to compensate for the patients' inability to make these proteins.

Common variable immunodeficiency also is treated with periodic infusions of IVIG throughout life.

People with Bruton's agammaglobulinemia who are given IVIG infusions generally live into their 30s or 40s.

If deficiency is due to prolonged depletion, treatment may include injections of magnesium sulfate; if severe enough to provoke convulsions, intravenous infusions may be given.

The fortetherapie line focuses on strengthening chemically stressed or damaged hair with infusions of lemongrass and mango.