英文词源
- emphysema (n.)
- 1660s, from Modern Latin, from Greek emphysema "swelling, inflation" (of the bowels, etc.), from emphysan "to blow in, inflate; to play the flute," from assimilated form of en "in" (see en- (2)) + physan "to blow," from physa "breath, blast" (see pustule). Related: Emphysematous (adj.).
中文词源
em-, 进入，使。-phys, 肿胀，膨胀，来自PIE*pu, 膨胀，拟声词，词源同puff.
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