English

malperfusion

From mal- + perfusion or mal- + perfuse + -ion.

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’

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Latin fundō ‘to pour out, shed’

Latin perfundō ‘to pour (liquid) over or through’

Latin perfūsiō ‘the act of pouring over’

Middle French perfusion

Today it means

noun Any incorrect or unusual form of perfusion (blood flow), usually with reference to reduced perfusion rather than to hyperemia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / malperfusion