Word: retroperfusion
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
tro
per
fu
sion
Definition: Alternative form of retrograde perfusion. An artificial method of providing blood supply to an organ by delivering oxygenated blood through the veins.
Morphemes:
Affix: retro-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Pertaining to an earlier time.
Affix: perfuse
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To force a fluid to flow over or through something, especially through an organ of the body.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: per-
Language: la
Decoded: per-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to form verbs that are intensive or completive, conveying the idea of doing something all the way through or entirely.
Affix: fundo
Language: la
Decoded: fundo
Meaning: I pour
Affix: -sion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Variant of -tion, most common in words inherited directly from Latin with an accusative singular ending in -sionem.