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perfusive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-fusive
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to flow over, or to spread through.

adj

Conducive to the flow or movement of fluids.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 *-ti Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰunédti Proto-Italic *hundō Latin fundō Latin perfundō Latin perfūsusder. English perfuse Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English perfusive From perfuse + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more perfusive (comparative) most perfusive (superlative)

Derived Forms

hypoperfusive perfusivity

Questions

What does perfusive mean?
Tending to flow over, or to spread through.
Where does perfusive come from?
Etymology tree 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 *-ti Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰunédti Proto-Italic *hundō Latin fundō Latin perfundō Latin perfūsusder. English perfuse Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English perfusive From perfuse + -ive.

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