Etymology

cerebroperfusion

Today it means: cerebral perfusion Full definition →

English perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō
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The story

  1. Englishcerebro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  3. Proto-Italic*peri-
  4. Latinper-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
  8. Proto-Italic*hundō
  9. Latinfundō
  10. Latinperfundō
  11. Latinperfūsiō
  12. Middle Frenchperfusion
  13. Englishperfusion
  14. English todaycerebroperfusion

From cerebro- + perfusion.

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