phyma

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek .

Noun

phyma (plural phymas or phymata)

(obsolete, medicine) A tubercle, tumor, or abscess on any external part of the body.

References

“phyma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φῦμα (phûma).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Noun

phȳma n (genitive phȳmatis); third declension

(pathology) A kind of boil or tumour

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	phȳma	phȳmata
genitive	phȳmatis	phȳmatum
dative	phȳmatī	phȳmatibus
accusative	phȳma	phȳmata
ablative	phȳmate	phȳmatibus
vocative	phȳma	phȳmata

References

“phyma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
phyma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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