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noun
perfusion through microscopic pores in a membrane
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *ǵhew- Proto-Indo-European *ǵhewd- Proto-Indo-European *-né-? Proto-Indo-European *ǵhunédti ~ ǵhundénti Proto-Italic *hundō Latin fundō Latin perfundō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin perfūsiō Middle French perfusion English perfusion English microperfusion From micro- + perfusion.
