Meanings
nounperfusionist (plural perfusionists)
plural perfusionists
- A trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries.
The doctors were joined several hours later by two perfusionists, Richard Chenault II and Richard Lapensee, and all four sped to Willow Run Airport, a cargo terminal in Ypsilanti, Mich., about 15 miles east of the hospital.
2007 June 6, Nick Bunkley, “Transplant Team Dies in Jet Crash; Mechanical Problems Suspected”, in New York Times
Origin
- 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
- Englishperfusionist
Translations
Czech perfusionista, perfusionistka
- perfusionistaclinician operating heart-lung machine
- perfusionistkaclinician operating heart-lung machine
French perfusionniste
- perfusionnisteclinician operating heart-lung machine
Polish perfuzjonista
- perfuzjonistaclinician operating heart-lung machine
Cite this entry
APA
perfusionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfusionist
MLA
“perfusionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfusionist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perfusionist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfusionist.
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