chemoperfusion

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noun

The introduction of a warmed solution of (typically anticancer) drugs into the abdominal cavity (for an hour or so)

OriginEnglish perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō →
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Meanings

nounchemoperfusion (usually uncountable, plural chemoperfusions)

plural chemoperfusions

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineThe introduction of a warmed solution of (typically anticancer) drugs into the abdominal cavity (for an hour or so)

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  2. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  3. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  4. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  5. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  6. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  7. New Latinchēmīa
  8. Englishchemo-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  10. Proto-Italic*peri-
  11. Latinper-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
  15. Proto-Italic*hundō
  16. Latinfundō
  17. Latinperfundō
  18. Latinperfūsiō
  19. Middle Frenchperfusion
  20. Englishperfusion
  21. Englishchemoperfusion

From chemo- + perfusion.

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APA

chemoperfusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemoperfusion

MLA

“chemoperfusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemoperfusion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chemoperfusion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemoperfusion.

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