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emphlysis

emphlysis noun: a vesicular tumour.

Noun

emphlysis (uncountable)

  1. A vesicular tumour.

Origin of emphlysis

From Ancient Greek φλέω (phléō, “overflow”).

Questions about emphlysis

What does emphlysis mean?
Emphlysis means a vesicular tumour.
What part of speech is emphlysis?
Emphlysis is a noun.

Words near emphlysis in the dictionary

  1. emphaticizes
  2. emphaticizing
  3. emphatick
  4. emphaticness
  5. emphatics
  6. emphlysis
  7. emphractic
  8. emphraxis
  9. emphrensied
  10. emphysema
  11. emphysemas

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