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romadizo

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *rheumaticium,[1] an alteration of Latin rheumaticum, an inflection of rheumaticus. From Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma, flow).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /romaˈdiθo/ [ro.maˈð̞i.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /romaˈdiso/ [ro.maˈð̞i.so]
  • Rhymes: -iθo
  • Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification: ro‧ma‧di‧zo

Noun

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romadizo m (plural romadizos)

  1. (pathology) rhinitis, coryza (inflammation of the mucous membranes)
    Synonyms: rinitis, coriza
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 287:
      A la persona que seca al fuego un pañuelo humedecido por el romadizo, se le acrecienta esta fluxión.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

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  1. ^
    2019 July 5, Prof. Hortensia Martinez, “Fonetica y fonología histórica, Apuntes de Fonética y Fonología Españolas”, in Docsiry[1]:
    *rheumaticium>romadizo
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Further reading

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