Etymology

malperfusion

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Today it means: Any incorrect or unusual form of perfusion (blood flow), usually with reference to reduced perfusion rather than to hyperemia. Full definition →

English perfuse ← Latin perfūsus ← Middle French perfusion
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)molos?
  3. Proto-Italic*malos
  4. Latinmalus
  5. Latinmale
  6. Old Frenchmal-
  7. Englishmal-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  9. Proto-Italic*peri-
  10. Latinper-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
  14. Proto-Italic*hundō
  15. Latinfundō
  16. Latinperfundō
  17. Latinperfūsiō
  18. Middle Frenchperfusion
  19. Englishperfusion
  20. Englishmal-
  21. Latinperfundō
  22. Latinperfūsus
  23. Englishperfuse
  24. English todaymalperfusion

From mal- + perfusion or mal- + perfuse + -ion.

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