enfisema

Italian

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

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)

  1. (pathology) emphysema

Derived terms

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