Meanings
nounmalperfusion (usually uncountable, plural malperfusions)
plural malperfusions
- uncountableusuallymedicineAny incorrect or unusual form of perfusion (blood flow), usually with reference to reduced perfusion rather than to hyperemia.
Although statistically not significant, the TFD tended to be longer in patients with coronary malperfusion and CHF. The TFD was also somewhat longer in groups without any complications, PAO, shock, or consciousness disturbance.
2015 November 12, “Clinical Predictors for Delayed or Inappropriate Initial Diagnosis of Type A Acute Aortic Dissection in the Emergency Room”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)molos?
- Proto-Italic*malos
- Latinmalus
- Latinmale
- Old Frenchmal-
- Englishmal-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Italic*peri-
- Latinper-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
- Proto-Italic*hundō
- Latinfundō
- Latinperfundō
- Latinperfūsiō
- Middle Frenchperfusion
- Englishperfusion
- Englishmal-
- Latinperfundō
- Latinperfūsus
- Englishperfuse
- Englishmalperfusion
From mal- + perfusion or mal- + perfuse + -ion.
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APA
malperfusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malperfusion
MLA
“malperfusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malperfusion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malperfusion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malperfusion.
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