preperfusion

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noun

perfusion in advance of some other operation

OriginEnglish perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō →
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Meanings

nounpreperfusion (countable and uncountable, plural preperfusions)

plural preperfusions

  1. countableuncountableperfusion in advance of some other operation

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  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. Englishpreperfusion

From pre- + perfusion.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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