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noun
The restoration of blood flow to an organ, after it was cut off (e.g. in an operation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- 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 reperfusion From re- + perfusion.
