apostema

Italian

Noun

apostema m or f (masculine plural apostemi, feminine plural aposteme)

  1. Synonym of postema

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin apostēma, from Greek apóstēma. First attested in c. 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.posˈtẽ.mɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.poʃˈtẽ.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.posˈte.ma/

  • Rhymes: -emɐ
  • Hyphenation: a‧pos‧te‧ma

Noun

apostema m (plural apostemas)

  1. (pathology) aposteme (a pustulent swelling)
  2. (figurative) disgust

Derived terms

  • apostemático

References

  1. José Pedro Machado (1995), “Apostema”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), volume I, 7 edition, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 282
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