Word: perfusionist
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: per
fu
sio
nist
Definition: A trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries.
Morphemes:
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.
Affix: -ist
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: one who engages in a particular type of activity;
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ίζω
Language: grc
Decoded: -izo
Meaning: -ize, -ise
Affix: -τής
Language: grc
Decoded: -tes
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to verbs to form agent nouns