Etymology

hypoperfusion

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Today it means: Decreased perfusion, especially of blood through an organ Full definition →

English perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
  3. Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
  4. Englishhypo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Italic*peri-
  7. Latinper-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
  11. Proto-Italic*hundō
  12. Latinfundō
  13. Latinperfundō
  14. Latinperfūsiō
  15. Middle Frenchperfusion
  16. Englishperfusion
  17. English todayhypoperfusion

From hypo- + perfusion.

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