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/

• (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)

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

• enfisematoso

 

Further reading

• “enfisema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014