apostema

== Italian == === Noun === apostema m or f (masculine plural apostemi, feminine plural aposteme) synonym of postema == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin apostēma, from Ancient Greek απόστημα (apóstēma). First attested in c. 16th century. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -emɐ Hyphenation: a‧pos‧te‧ma ==== Noun ==== apostema m (plural apostemas) (pathology) aposteme (a pustulent swelling) (figurative) disgust ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== “apostema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== apostema inflection of apostemar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “apostema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026