infistolire

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Italian

Etymology

From in- +‎ fistola +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.fi.stoˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧fi‧sto‧lì‧re

Verb

infistolìre (first-person singular present infistolìsco, first-person singular past historic infistolìi, past participle infistolìto, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive, medicine, pathology) to fistulize (to form a fistula, e.g. of a wound)
    Synonym: (more common) fistolizzare
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to become incorrigible, to become chronic, to plague (of evils, vices, etc.)
  3. (transitive, medicine, surgery, rare) to fistulize (a wound, etc.), to make a fistula in (e.g. in order to relieve pressure)

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Further reading

  • infistolire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana