enfisema

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

enfisema m (plural enfisemi)

  1. (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/

  • Hyphenation: en‧fi‧se‧ma

Noun

enfisema m (plural enfisemas)

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

Spanish

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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/
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: en‧fi‧se‧ma

Noun

enfisema m (plural enfisemas)

  1. (pathology) emphysema

Derived terms

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