temphyma

bring forth.] [Gr. em= en =in, and phyō -to Med.: A tumor, whether fleshy, bony, or encysted. ěm-phỹ-se-mą, ěm-phỹ-sēm, s . [Gr. emphy sēma (gen it. emphysematos )=an inflation: emphysao =to inflate: em = en =in, and phys aō =to blow] Med.: The presence of air in the cellular ti ue. There are two types of the disease: the traumatic, in which the air is introduced through wounds in the lungs or elsewhere; and the idiopathic or spontaneous, in which air, or rather gas, of some kind, is generated within the cellular ti ue itself by putrefactive deposition or by secretion. If emphysema exist only to a moderate extent, it is not a formidable disease, but if it produce complications, such as asthma or bronchitis, it becomes dangerous. em-phy-sem-a-tōse, a . [Mod. Lat.emphysema Bot .: Bladdery, shaped like a bladder or resembling one. ( Treas . of Bot . ) tosus.J -ous .]