postema

== Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish postema (“aposteme”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /posˈtema/, [pos̪ˈt̪e.ma] Hyphenation: pos‧te‧ma === Noun === postema (Caviteño, Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) boil (skin eruption) Synonym: (Ternateño) divieso == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /posˈtɛ.ma/ Rhymes: -ɛma Hyphenation: po‧stè‧ma === Noun === postema f (plural posteme) (pathology) abscess; aposteme Synonyms: ascesso, apostema == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /posˈtema/ [posˈt̪e.ma] Rhymes: -ema Syllabification: pos‧te‧ma === Noun === postema f (plural postemas) (pathology, rare) abscess; aposteme Synonym: apostema === Further reading === “postema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025