Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EM-PHY-SE'MA, or EM'PHY-SEM
EM-PHAT'IC-AL-LYEM-PHY-SEM'A-TOUS
EM-PHY-SE'MA, or EM'PHY-SEM, n. [Gr. εμφυσημα, from εμφυσαω, to inflate.]
In medicine, elastic and sonorous distension of the body or its members, from air accumulated in natural cavities. Good.
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