enfisema

Italian

Noun

enfisema m (plural enfisemi)

(pathology) emphysema

Portuguese

Noun

enfisema m (plural enfisemas)

(pathology) emphysema (abnormal accumulation of air in tissues)

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin emphysēma, from Ancient Greek ἐμφύσημα (emphúsēma, “swelling, inflation”), from ἐμφυσάω (emphusáō, “I inflate”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φυσάω (phusáō, “I blow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /enfiˈsema/, [ẽɱfiˈsema]

Noun

enfisema m (plural enfisemas)

(pathology) emphysema

Derived terms

enfisematoso

Further reading

“enfisema” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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