microperfusion

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noun

perfusion through microscopic pores in a membrane

OriginEnglish perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō →
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Meanings

nounmicroperfusion (countable and uncountable, plural microperfusions)

plural microperfusions

  1. countableuncountableperfusion through microscopic pores in a membrane

Origin

  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. Englishmicroperfusion

From micro- + perfusion.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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