‖ phyma Path.
(ˈfaɪmə)
Pl. -ata.
[L. phȳma (Cels.), a. Gr. ϕῦµα, ϕῡµατ- swelling, tumour.]
An inflamed swelling, of various kinds; an external tubercle; in nosological systems variously applied to orders or genera of diseases.
| 1693 tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Phyma, a Swelling: There are Five sorts. 1739 Huxham in Phil. Trans. XLI. 668 An exceeding painful Phyma near the Verge of the Anus. 1799 Hooper Med. Dict., Phyma, tubercles in any part of the body. 1858 in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1893 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |
Hence phyˈmatic a., of or pertaining to phyma; ˈphymatoid a., resembling phyma.