enfisema

Meaning

emphysema

Hyphenated as

en‧fi‧se‧ma

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/enfiˈsema/

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”).

Sentences

Pasó sus años finales combatiendo un enfisema .

He spent his final years battling emphysema.