apostema
Italian
editNoun
editapostema m or f (masculine plural apostemi, feminine plural aposteme)
- Synonym of postema
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Latin apostēma, from Greek apóstēma. First attested in c. 16th century.[1]
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -emɐ
- Hyphenation: a‧pos‧te‧ma
Noun
editapostema m (plural apostemas)
- (pathology) aposteme (a pustulent swelling)
- 1895 [1563], Garcia de Orta, edited by Count of Ficalho, Coloquios dos simples e drogas da India, volume II, Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, page 234, column 45:
- [...] porque eu sei, que nas chaguas de todalas mordeduras venenosas aproveita, e nas apostemas da peste, quando estam abertas, aproveita muyto
- because I know, that in the wounds of all poisonous bites it takes advantage, and in the apostemes of the plague, when they are open, it takes advantage very much
- (figurative) disgust
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “apostema”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
Etymology 2
editVerb
editapostema
- inflection of apostemar:
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