[ noun ] the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head <noun.act>
Affusion \Af*fu"sion\ ([a^]f*f[=u]"zh[u^]n), 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.