Etymology

superfusion

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Today it means: The continuous flowing of a sustaining fluid over the outside of an isolated organ Full definition →

English perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Latinperfūsiō
  8. Middle Frenchperfusion
  9. Englishperfusion
  10. English todaysuperfusion

From super- + perfusion.

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