perfusionist
/pə(ɹ)ˈfjuːʒənɪst/noun
perfusionist is spelled P-E-R-F-U-S-I-O-N-I-S-T: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, perfusionist means “A trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of perfusionist is perfusionists.
How many letters and syllables are in perfusionist?
| Letters | 12: P-E-R-F-U-S-I-O-N-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is perfusionist?
Perfusionist appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce perfusionist?
- /pə(ɹ)ˈfjuːʒənɪst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-perfusionist.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of perfusionist
- perfusionists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does perfusionist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A trained clinician who operates the heart-lung machine during cardiac and other surgeries.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Perfusionist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense clinician operating heart-lung machine:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | perfusionniste |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.