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n. - The act of introducing a certain modifying element or quality; (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force);

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  • The time required to make a herbal infusion depends on the hardness of the particular herb.
  • The team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent
  • He would oppose "a short-term infusion that forces businesses out of the city."
  • But the seeds of this Latin American infusion started a few years later with the Dream Team.
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