Etymology

microperfusion

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Today it means: perfusion through microscopic pores in a membrane Full definition →

English perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  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 todaymicroperfusion

From micro- + perfusion.

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