Etymology

reperfusion

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Today it means: The restoration of blood flow to an organ, after it was cut off (e.g. in an operation). Full definition →

English perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  7. Proto-Italic*peri-
  8. Latinper-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
  12. Proto-Italic*hundō
  13. Latinfundō
  14. Latinperfundō
  15. Latinperfūsiō
  16. Middle Frenchperfusion
  17. Englishperfusion
  18. English todayreperfusion

From re- + perfusion.

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