nonperfusion

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noun

Absence of perfusion.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounnonperfusion (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAbsence of perfusion.

    With the CE protocol, tortuous loops were better detected in 43.5%, capillary nonperfusion regions in 26.1%, and neovascularization and hemorrhages in 13% each.

    2015 July 9, Chaitra Jayadev et al., “Enhancing Image Characteristics of Retinal Images of Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity Using a Novel Software, (RetiView)”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  15. Proto-Italic*peri-
  16. Latinper-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
  20. Proto-Italic*hundō
  21. Latinfundō
  22. Latinperfundō
  23. Latinperfūsiō
  24. Middle Frenchperfusion
  25. Englishperfusion
  26. Englishnonperfusion

From non- + perfusion.

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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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