enfisema

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en.fiˈzɛ.ma/
Rhymes: -ɛma
Hyphenation: en‧fi‧sè‧ma

Noun

enfisema m (plural enfisemi)

(pathology) emphysema

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fiˈzẽ.mɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fiˈzẽ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fiˈze.ma/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fiˈze.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.fiˈze.mɐ/

Hyphenation: en‧fi‧se‧ma

Noun

enfisema m (plural enfisemas)

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /enfiˈsema/ [ẽɱ.fiˈse.ma]
Rhymes: -ema
Syllabification: en‧fi‧se‧ma

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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