Dictionary entry

Affusion

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Af‐fu″sion (ăf‐fū″zhŭn), n. [Cf. F. affusion.] The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism. Specifically: (Med) The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease. Dunglison.