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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suffusion  \Suf*fu"sion\,  n.  [L.  suffusio:  cf  F.  suffusion.] 
  1.  The  act  or  process  of  suffusing,  or  state  of  being 
  suffused;  an  overspreading. 
 
  To  those  that  have  the  jaundice,  or  like  suffusion 
  of  eyes,  objects  appear  of  that  color.  --Ray. 
 
  2.  That  with  which  a  thing  is  suffused. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  blending  of  one  color  into  another;  the 
  spreading  of  one  color  over  another,  as  on  the  feathers  of 
  birds. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suffusion 
  n  :  the  process  of  permeating  or  infusing  [syn:  {permeation},  {pervasion}, 
  {impregnation},  {saturation}] 




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