osteo-

Combining form of Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).


seme

From Latin sēmen, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥.


deficit

Unadapted borrowing from English deficit.


colon

Unadapted borrowing from Latin colon, from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon).


die

From Latin diēs, back-formed from the accusative diem (whose vowel was once long), from Proto-Italic *djēm, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“heaven, sky; to shine”). Doublet of dia.

der

1 c[om]p[ressa]/die

(pharmacy) each day, a day, used in prescriptions to denote daily consumption of a drug


radio

Borrowed from Latin radius. Doublet of raggio, razzo, and rai, the first two of which were inherited from Latin, while the last was borrowed from Occitan.


finale

From Late Latin fīnālis, from Latin fīnis (“end; boundary, limit”), whence fine. By surface analysis, fine (“end; limit; goal”) + -ale.

surf

(wine) finish (sensations a wine leaves on the palate after degustation)


lifting

Unadapted borrowing from English lifting.


osso

it-noun

osso m (plural (collective) ossa f or (individual) ossi m)

ossa (collective feminine plural)
ossi (masculine plural)

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.
Compare Catalan, French, and Romanian os; Portuguese osso; Corsican, Sardinian, and Sicilian ossu; Spanish hueso.

bagnato fino all'osso


talo

it-adj

talo (feminine tala, masculine plural tali, feminine plural tale)

tala (feminine)
tali (masculine plural)
tale (feminine plural)

(medicine) characterized by dorsal hyperflexion (of a foot)


condom

Unadapted borrowing from English condom.


vodka

Borrowed from Russian во́дка (vódka), diminutive of вода́ (vodá, “water”).


testa

it-noun

testìna,testolìna,testicciòla<q:uncommon, usually of butchered animals>,testicciuòla<q:literary, uncommon, usually of butchered animals>

testa f (plural teste, diminutive testìna or testolìna or (uncommon, usually of butchered animals) testicciòla or (literary, uncommon, usually of butchered animals) testicciuòla, augmentative testóna or (with specialized meanings) testóne m, pejorative testàccia, derogatory testùccia)

teste (plural)
testìna (diminutive)
testolìna (diminutive)
testicciòla (diminutive uncommon usually)
testicciuòla (diminutive literary uncommon usually)
testóna (augmentative)
testóne (augmentative masculine)
testàccia (pejorative)
testùccia (derogatory)

→ Alemannic German: Teste

→ Spanish: testa

From Latin testa. The semantic development is earthen pot → skull → head.


sigma

From Ancient Greek σῖγμα (sîgma), σίγμα (sígma).


candela

From Latin candēla, derived from candeō (“to shine, glow”).


zabaione

→ Chinese: 薩巴里安尼 (sàbālǐ'ānní)

→ English: zabaglione

desctree

→ French: sabayon
→ English: sabayon
→ Finnish: sabayon

→ Portuguese: zabaione

Possibly from Latin sabaia (“Illyrian barley beer”, from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European *sab- (“taste”)) + -one (augmentative suffix).

af

sabaia<t:Illyrian barley beer><pos:from an Illyrian word probably from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*sab-</i> (“taste”)>

(usually uncountable) zabaglione (custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine)


alopecia

From Latin alopecia, from Ancient Greek ἀλωπεκία (alōpekía).


antenna

From Latin antenna, the scientific senses were borrowed later.

feeler organ on the head of an insect: antenna


homunculus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin homunculus (“little man”). Compare the adapted borrowing omuncolo.

ubor

homunculus corticale

homunculus motorio

(physiology, neuroscience) homunculus (nerve map realized as a distorted representation of the human body)


torso

→ English: torso
→ Welsh: torso

→ French: torse
→ English: torse

→ Portuguese: torso

→ Spanish: torso

From Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of tirso.

uder

(botany) the large stem of plants such as a cabbage


labbro

it-noun

labbro m (plural (with anatomic or figurative meanings) labbra f or (figuratively) labbri m)

labbra (feminine plural)
labbri (figuratively masculine plural)

From Latin labrum, related to labium, from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb- (“to hang down”).


mano

mano f (plural mani or (archaic or dialectal) invariable, diminutive manìna, augmentative manóna, pejorative manàccia, endearing-derogatory manùccia)

mani (plural)
invariable (archaic dialectal plural)
manìna (diminutive)
manóna (augmentative)
manàccia (pejorative)

From Latin manus (whence also English manual, etc.), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry).


corda

From Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).


lingua

→ Greek: λίγκα (lígka)

→ Maltese: lingwa

→? Sabir: lingua


fegato

From earlier *fecato, from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver, foie gras”).

inh

L'alcol distrugge il fegato.

(anatomy) liver (organ of human or animal; organ of animal used as food)


nuca

From Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).


uccello

From Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Doublet of augello, which was borrowed from Occitan. Compare Neapolitan auciello, Ligurian öxéllo.

uccellagione

hunting or shooting birds; The season for doing this; the birds killed

uccellaia

a large number of birds;a place where hawking takes place; confused chatter; affair (of the heart); deception; mockery

uccellare

to catch birds or fowl; to fool or trick

(slang, vulgar) willy (British), peter (US), dick; (the penis)


fronte

Inherited from Latin frontem (“forehead”). For sense 2 compare the Latin etymon and derivatives in Italian like sfrontato (“shameless”).


vino

→ English: vino

→ Sidamo: viino

From Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁nom, derived from *wéyh₁ō (“vine, wine”). Cognates include Albanian verë, Armenian գինի (gini) and Greek οίνος (oínos).

Vino e olio caratterizzano la genuina e saporita cucina chiantigiana.

Wine and oil characterise/characterize the genuine and tasty Chiantian cooking.

Il vino, secondo Isac, da buon nutrimento, e rende santà al corpo

13ᵗʰ c., “XXXXVIII. Del vino, e delle sue virtù [48. About wine, and about its virtues]”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise On Agriculture], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 197:

Wine, according to Isaac, provides good nutrition, and makes the body healthy again

Necessità di grano e di vino, o vero d'aceto, e di sale è da fuggire al postutto; ma per le ville, e città, e castella si vadano caendo per uomini del campo che siano meno acconci alla battaglia con arme

13ᵗʰ c., Bono Giamboni, “Libro terzo, Capitolo 3: Con quanta cura si debbia accattare, e conservare l'annona, e la vivanda dell'oste”, in Dell'arte della guerra [On the Art of War], translation of Epitoma Rei Militaris by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, published 1815, page 83:

In conclusion, the need for wheat, wine or vinegar, and salt is to be avoided; they should be searched for in the villages, the cities, and the castles, by men who are less prepared for armed battle

e, se non basta ciò, lui pur convene
vino e carne lassare,
caldo e troppo mangiare
e astener, quanto poder sostene,
di materia. […]

13ᵗʰ c., Guittone d'Arezzo, Onne vogliosa d'omo infermitate, collected in Le rime di Guittone d'Arezzo, Bari: Laterza, published 1940, page 129, lines 145–149:

And, if that is not enough, he should avoid wine and meat, heat, and excessive eating, and abstain as much as he can from things.

Lo duca mio, che mi potea vedere
far sì com' om che dal sonno si slega,
disse: «Che hai che non ti puoi tenere,
ma se' venuto più che mezza lega
velando li occhi e con le gambe avvolte,
a guisa di cui vino o sonno piega?».

1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 118–123; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

My Leader, who could see me bear myself like to a man that rouses him from sleep, exclaimed: "What ails thee, that thou canst not stand? But hast been coming more than half a league veiling thine eyes, and with thy legs entangled, in guise of one whom wine or sleep subdues?"

Ma sopra tutto nel buon vino ho fede,
E credo che sia salvo chi gli crede.

1478, Luigi Pulci, “Canto decimottavo [Eighteenth Canto]”, in Morgante, Felice Le Monnier, published 1855, page 24:

But above all I have faith in good wine, and I believe he who believes in it is saved.

Che perda poi con scorno la battaglia:
ch'al vino, e a i cibi la gente Francesca
Presa riman, come la lasca a l'esca.

1516, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto trentesimoterzo [Thirty-third Canto]”, in Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, page 153:

Let him lose the battle with shame, for the French people get stuck on wine and food, like the nase to the bait.

Il Lithargyro si stempera con l'acqua, vino, olio, ò aceto; ma più agevolmente con l'aceto

1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook], page 80:

Litharge is dissolved with water, wine, oil, or vinegar, but more easily with vinegar

da un raveggiuolo inverminato nel mese di settembre nacquero e mosche ordinarie ed alcuni pochi moscioni di quegli stessi, che intorno al vino, ed all’aceto si aggirano

1668, Francesco Redi, Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl’insetti [Experiences About the Generation of Insects], Florence, page 106:

From a wormy raveggiolo cheese, in the month of September, were born both ordinary flies and a few bluebottles, of the kind that go around wine and vinegar.

Nozze, ove in acqua è trasmutato il vino,
Son queste, e muto il reo prodigio inghiotti,
E se increduli v'ha, tosto fien dotti
dal Carnefice Popol Parigino.

1799, Vittorio Alfieri, “Sonetto XXXVI [Sonnet 36]”, in Misogallo [The French-Hater], London, page 153, lines 5–8:

This is a wedding where the wine has turned into water, and you, silent, swallow the guilty prodigy; and, if you don't believe it, they will soon be taught by the tormenting Parisian people.

Vi siano due merci sole e due soli individui, che l'uno abbia vino e l'altro frumento

1804, Cesare Beccaria, “Del valore e del prezzo delle cose [About the Value and the Price of Things]”, in Elementi di economia pubblica [Elements of Public Economics], collected in Opere di Cesare Beccaria – volume secondo, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, published 1822, page 244:

Let's say there are only two kinds of goods, and only two individuals: one has wine, and the other has wheat

Si buttava sul letto, e subito tutto il vino bevuto le riveniva fuori trasformato in un infinito torrente di lagrime.

1904, Luigi Pirandello, “10. Acquasantiera e portacenere [10. Stoup and ashtray]”, in Il fu Mattia Pascal [The Late Mattia Pascal], published 1919, page 139:

She would throw herself on the bad, and immediately all the drunk wine would come of her again, turned into an infinite stream of tears.


whisky

Unadapted borrowing from English whisky, alternative form of usque, shortening of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha (literally “water of life”) and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha (literally “water of life”).

der

(countable and uncountable) whisky, whiskey


pelle

From Latin pellis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).


guanto

desctree

→ Egyptian Arabic: جوانتي (guwanti, gawanti)
→ Hijazi Arabic: جونتي (juwinti, juwanti)

From Old Occitan, from Old French guant, from Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove, mitten”), from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from the root *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”). Cognates include French gant, Catalan guant, Sicilian nguantu and Spanish guante.


braccio

it-noun

braccio m (plural (in most meanings) braccia f or (in the figurative meanings "branch (of a railway/railroad or river), wing (of a building), arm (of a cross, crane, of scales), strait, isthmus") bracci m, diminutive braccìno or braccétto, augmentative braccióne, diminutive-augmentative bracciòtto (“chubby little arm”))

Inherited from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Compare Sicilian vrazzu.

inh+

Coordinate term: avambraccio (“forearm”)


cuore

it-noun

cuore m (plural cuori, pejorative cuoràccio/coràccio, derogatory cuoriciàttolo/coriciàttolo or (uncommon) cuorùccio/corùccio, diminutive-endearing cuoricìno/coricìno)

cuori (plural)
cuoràccio (pejorative)
coràccio (pejorative)
cuoriciàttolo (derogatory)
coriciàttolo (derogatory)
cuorùccio (derogatory uncommon)
corùccio (derogatory uncommon)

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

(anatomy) muscular organ that pumps blood


placenta

Borrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta, “flat”).


occhiali

→ Byzantine Greek: ὀκκιάλι (okkiáli)

Greek: κιάλι (kiáli)

Plural of occhiale, from occhio (“eye”) + -ale.

occhiali da sole


occhio

it-noun

occhio m (plural occhi, diminutive occhièllo, augmentative occhióne, pejorative occhiàccio, diminutive-endearing occhiétto or occhiettìno or occhìno or occhiolìno; (uncommon) occhiùccio or occhiùzzo)

occhi (plural)
occhièllo (diminutive)
occhióne (augmentative)
occhiàccio (pejorative)
occhiùccio (uncommon)
occhiùzzo (uncommon)

From Vulgar Latin oclus, syncopated from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of oculo, a borrowing.

a occhio e croce

about, approximately, roughly, more or less, odd

in un batter d'occhio

in the twinkling of an eye; at the drop of a hat


vagina

Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of guaina.


lacrima

tear (drop of fluid secreted from the eyes)


costa

From Latin costa, from Proto-Indo-European *kost-. Cognate with French côte, Romanian coastă, and Spanish cuesta.

meanings related to the literal sense:
(anatomy, uncommon) rib

meanings related to the literal sense:
rib

(anatomy, by extension, archaic) flank, side

meanings related to the literal sense:
flank, side


cicatrice

Learned borrowing from Latin cicatrīcem, cicatricem.


disco

Borrowed from Latin discus. Doublet of desco, which was inherited.


ginocchio

ginocchio m (plural ginocchi m or (in fixed expressions) ginocchia f)

ginocchi (masculine plural)
ginocchia (feminine plural)

From Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.


sangue

From Late Latin sanguem, alteration of Classical Latin sanguinem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Compare French sang, Romanian sânge.


chirurgia

Borrowed from Latin chīrurgia, from chīrurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) (cf. χειρουργία (kheirourgía)), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, labor”).


marijuana

Borrowed from English marijuana, from Mexican Spanish marihuana.


trachea

From Latin trachia (“windpipe”), from Ancient Greek τραχεῖα (trakheîa, “windpipe”), feminine of τραχύς (trakhús, “rugged, rough”).


cocktail

Unadapted borrowing from English cocktail, which is of unclear origin.


aorta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”).


medico

Inherited from Latin medicus. Compare Neapolitan miedeco.


pleura

From Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “a rib, a side of something”).


soma

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).


volta

→ German: Volte

→ Swedish: volt

→ Finnish: voltti

→ Greek: βόλτα (vólta, “turn, walk”)

→ Hungarian: bolt (“shop”)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: اولته (olta), اولطه (olta)
Turkish: olta
→ Armenian: օլթա (ōltʻa)

→ Slavomolisano: vota

→ Turkish: volta

From a Vulgar Latin root *volta, from *volŭta (perhaps via *volvita (“a turn”)), from the feminine form of Latin volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Also possibly from the past participle of volgere (volto), or from the verb voltare. Compare Spanish vuelta; cf. also Spanish bóveda, French voûte.


grappa

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *krappō (“hook”).

bor+

brace (arrangement for producing tension)


ascoltare

it-verb

ascoltàre (first-person singular present ascólto, first-person singular past historic ascoltài, past participle ascoltàto, auxiliary avére)

ascoltàre (canonical)
ascólto (first-person present singular)
ascoltài (first-person historic past singular)
ascoltàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
ascoltàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
ascoltàndo (gerund)
ascoltànte (participle present)
ascoltàto (participle past)
ascólto (first-person indicative present singular)
ascólti (indicative present second-person singular)
ascólta (indicative present singular third-person)
ascoltiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
ascoltàte (indicative plural present second-person)
ascóltano (indicative plural present third-person)
ascoltàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ascoltàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ascoltàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ascoltavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ascoltavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ascoltàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ascoltài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ascoltàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
ascoltò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ascoltàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ascoltàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ascoltàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ascolterò (first-person future indicative singular)
ascolterài (future indicative second-person singular)
ascolterà (future indicative singular third-person)
ascolterémo (first-person future indicative plural)
ascolteréte (future indicative plural second-person)
ascolterànno (future indicative plural third-person)
ascolterèi (conditional first-person present singular)
ascolterésti (conditional present second-person singular)
ascolterèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ascolterébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ascolterémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
ascolteréste (conditional plural present second-person)
ascolterèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
ascolterébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
ascólti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ascólti (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ascólti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ascoltiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ascoltiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ascóltino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ascoltàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ascoltàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ascoltàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ascoltàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ascoltàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ascoltàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ascólta (imperative second-person singular)
ascólti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ascoltiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
ascoltàte (imperative plural second-person)
ascóltino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ascoltàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
ascólti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ascoltiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
ascoltàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
ascóltino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Inherited from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre. Doublet of auscultare, a borrowing from Latin.


orecchio

it-noun

orecchio m (plural (in the literal meaning) orecchie f or (figuratively) orecchi m)

orecchie (feminine plural)
orecchi (figuratively masculine plural)

entrare da un orecchio e uscire dall'altro


pianta

From Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”).


agnosia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía, “ignorance”).


borsa

→ Amharic: ቦርሳ (borsa)

→ Arabic: بورصة

→ Armenian: բորսա (borsa)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: پارسه (parsa), پارسا (parsa)
Turkish: parsa

→ Ottoman Turkish: بورسه (borsa), بورسا (borsa)
Turkish: borsa

→ Slovene: borša

→ Tigrinya: ቦርሳ (borsa)


piede

it-noun

piede m (plural piedi, diminutive piedìno, augmentative piedóne, pejorative piedàccio, diminutive-endearing piedùccio)

piedi (plural)
piedìno (diminutive)
piedóne (augmentative)
piedàccio (pejorative)

From Latin pedem (“foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Compare Catalan peu, French pied, Piedmontese pé, Latvian pēda, Lithuanian pėdės, Portuguese pé, Sardinian pei, Spanish pie.


unghia

From Vulgar Latin *ungla, syncopated form of Latin ungula, from unguis.


radice

→ Middle French: radice

French: radis
→ Wolof: radi

→ Middle Low German: radies

→ Danish: radise

→ Faroese: radisa

→ Icelandic: radísa

→ Swedish: rädisa

desctree

→ Dutch: radijs
Afrikaans: radijs
Negerhollands: radies
→ German: Radies
⇒ German: Radieschen (diminutive)
→ Papiamentu: radijs (dated)

→? Russian: редис (redis) ⇒ редиска (rediska)

→ Belarusian: радыска (radyska)

→ Ukrainian: редис (redys)

From Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis

(botany, anatomy, arithmetic, mathematical analysis, computing, linguistics) root


dentale

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin dentālis, derived from Latin dēns (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts. By surface analysis, dent(e) (“tooth”) + -ale (“-al”, adjectival derivational suffix).


dente

it-noun

dente m (plural denti, diminutive dentìno or dentèllo, augmentative dentóne, pejorative dentàccio, endearing-derogatory dentùccio)

denti (plural)
dentìno (diminutive)
dentèllo (diminutive)
dentóne (augmentative)
dentàccio (pejorative)


sacro

From Late Latin ōs sacrum, calque of Ancient Greek ἱερὸν ὀστέον (hieròn ostéon, “big bone”), with influence from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”).

der

ἱερὸν ὀστέον


gamba

it-noun

gamba f (plural gambe, diminutive gambétta or gambìna or gambìno m, augmentative gambóna or gambóne m, pejorative gambàccia, endearing-derogatory gambùccia)

gambe (plural)
gambétta (diminutive)
gambìna (diminutive)
gambìno (diminutive masculine)
gambóna (augmentative)
gambóne (augmentative masculine)
gambàccia (pejorative)

→ English: gam; gamba

→ Ido: gambo


zazzera

zazzera f (plural zazzere, diminutive zazzerèlla or zazzerétta or zazzerìna or (uncommon) zazzerìno m, augmentative zazzeróna or (more common) zazzeróne m, pejorative zazzeràccia)

zazzere (plural)
zazzerèlla (diminutive)
zazzerétta (diminutive)
zazzerìna (diminutive)
zazzerìno (diminutive masculine uncommon)
zazzeróna (augmentative)
zazzeróne (augmentative common masculine)
zazzeràccia (pejorative)


zibibbo

a variety of Muscat grape from Southern Italy


zigomo

From Ancient Greek ζύγωμα (zúgōma), from ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”).


abortire

it-verb

a􂀿referring to a pregnancy􂁀:e􂀿in other meanings􂁀/+isc

abortìre (first-person singular present abortìsco, first-person singular past historic abortìi, past participle abortìto, auxiliary (referring to a pregnancy) avére or (in other meanings) èssere)

abortìre (canonical)
abortìsco (first-person present singular)
abortìi (first-person historic past singular)
abortìto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
èssere (auxiliary)
abortìre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
èssere (auxiliary)
abortèndo (gerund)
abortènte (participle present)
abortìto (participle past)
abortìsco (first-person indicative present singular)
abortìsci (indicative present second-person singular)
abortìsce (indicative present singular third-person)
abortiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
abortìte (indicative plural present second-person)
abortìscono (indicative plural present third-person)
abortìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
abortìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
abortìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
abortivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
abortivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
abortìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
abortìi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
abortìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
abortì (historic indicative past singular third-person)
abortìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
abortìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
abortìrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
abortirò (first-person future indicative singular)
abortirài (future indicative second-person singular)
abortirà (future indicative singular third-person)
abortirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
abortiréte (future indicative plural second-person)
abortirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
abortirèi (conditional first-person present singular)
abortirésti (conditional present second-person singular)
abortirèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
abortirébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
abortirémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
abortiréste (conditional plural present second-person)
abortirèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
abortirébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
abortìsca (first-person present singular subjunctive)
abortìsca (present second-person singular subjunctive)
abortìsca (present singular subjunctive third-person)
abortiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
abortiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
abortìscano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
abortìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
abortìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
abortìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
abortìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
abortìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
abortìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
abortìsci (imperative second-person singular)
abortìsca (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
abortiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
abortìte (imperative plural second-person)
abortìscano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
abortìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
abortìsca (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
abortiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
abortìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
abortìscano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Borrowed from Latin abortīre, from abortus.

(intransitive, medicine) to abort a pregnancy, to have a miscarriage [auxiliary avere]


agire

agìre (first-person singular present agìsco, first-person singular past historic agìi, past participle agìto, auxiliary avére)

agìre [auxiliary avere] (canonical)
agìsco (first-person present singular)
agìi (first-person historic past singular)
agìto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
agìre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
agèndo (gerund)
agènte (participle present)
agìto (participle past)
agìsco (first-person indicative present singular)
agìsci (indicative present second-person singular)
agìsce (indicative present singular third-person)
agiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
agìte (indicative plural present second-person)
agìscono (indicative plural present third-person)
agìvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
agìvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
agìva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
agivàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
agivàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
agìvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
agìi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
agìsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
agì (historic indicative past singular third-person)
agìmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
agìste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
agìrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
agirò (first-person future indicative singular)
agirài (future indicative second-person singular)
agirà (future indicative singular third-person)
agirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
agiréte (future indicative plural second-person)
agirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
agirèi (conditional first-person present singular)
agirésti (conditional present second-person singular)
agirèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
agirébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
agirémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
agiréste (conditional plural present second-person)
agirèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
agirébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
agìsca (first-person present singular subjunctive)
agìsca (present second-person singular subjunctive)
agìsca (present singular subjunctive third-person)
agiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
agiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
agìscano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
agìssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
agìssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
agìsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
agìssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
agìste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
agìssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
agìsci (imperative second-person singular)
agìsca (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
agiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
agìte (imperative plural second-person)
agìscano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
agìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
agìsca (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
agiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
agìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
agìscano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Borrowed from French agir, itself borrowed from Latin agere.

(medicine) to affect (part of the body, etc.)


assimilare

assimilàre (first-person singular present assìmilo, first-person singular past historic assimilài, past participle assimilàto, auxiliary avére)

assimilàre (canonical)
assìmilo (first-person present singular)
assimilài (first-person historic past singular)
assimilàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
assimilàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
assimilàndo (gerund)
assimilànte (participle present)
assimilàto (participle past)
assìmilo (first-person indicative present singular)
assìmili (indicative present second-person singular)
assìmila (indicative present singular third-person)
assimiliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
assimilàte (indicative plural present second-person)
assìmilano (indicative plural present third-person)
assimilàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
assimilàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
assimilàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
assimilavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
assimilavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
assimilàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
assimilài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
assimilàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
assimilò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
assimilàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
assimilàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
assimilàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
assimilerò (first-person future indicative singular)
assimilerài (future indicative second-person singular)
assimilerà (future indicative singular third-person)
assimilerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
assimileréte (future indicative plural second-person)
assimilerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
assimilerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
assimilerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
assimilerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
assimilerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
assimilerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
assimileréste (conditional plural present second-person)
assimilerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
assimilerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
assìmili (first-person present singular subjunctive)
assìmili (present second-person singular subjunctive)
assìmili (present singular subjunctive third-person)
assimiliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
assimiliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
assìmilino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
assimilàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
assimilàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
assimilàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
assimilàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
assimilàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
assimilàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
assìmila (imperative second-person singular)
assìmili (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
assimiliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
assimilàte (imperative plural second-person)
assìmilino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
assimilàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
assìmili (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
assimiliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
assimilàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
assìmilino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Borrowed from Latin assimilāre. Doublet of assembrare and assomigliare.

(transitive, also linguistics, physiology) to assimilate


jet lag

Per evitare il jet lag bevete molti liquidi (non alcolici) e mangiate cibi leggeri.

2007, Di Thomas Kohnstamm, Venezuela, →ISBN:

In order to avoid jet lag, drink lots of (non-alcoholic) liquid and eat lightly.


abito

Borrowed from Latin habitus (“habit, appearance”), a noun based on habeō (“have”).

bor+

(medicine) the characteristics of the body's shape


doc

un vino doc

(viticulture) certified as DOC (of a product, usually wine)


retina

The original sense (Etymology 2) of retina, but given a specific anatomical meaning.


quadrato

From Latin quadrātus, from quadrō (“to make square”), from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.


cazzo

it-noun

cazzo m (plural cazzi, diminutive cazzétto or cazzettìno, pejorative cazzàccio, augmentative-derogatory cazzóne)

cazzi (plural)
cazzétto (diminutive)
cazzettìno (diminutive)
cazzàccio (pejorative)

Of uncertain origin. One possibility is from a contraction of Latin capitium (“small head”) (cf. also capezzo, capezza), or from Byzantine Greek ακάτιον (akátion, “main mast”). See also caspita.

der

Questo cazzo vogl’io più ch’un tesoro!
Questo è quel ben, che mi può far felice!
Or questo si che è ben da Imperatrice!
Questa gemma val più d’un pozzo d’oro!

1526, Pietro Aretino, “Sonetto IV [Sonnet 4]” (chapter 4), in Sonetti lussuriosi [Lustful sonnets]^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Sonetti_lussuriosi_(edizione_1792)), lines 1–4; republished in Dubbî amorosi, altri dubbî e sonetti lussuriosi di Pietro Aretino, dedicati al clero, Rome: Stamperia Vaticana, 1792, page 42:

I want this dick more than a treasure! This is the possession that can make me happy! Now, this is a possession worthy of an empress! This gem is worth more than a wellful of gold!

Quer coso disce che sse chiama uscello,
oppuro cazzo, e ll’antri dua cojjoni.
Io je fesce: «E cch’edè sto ggiucarello?
E sti du’ pennolini a cche ssò bboni?».

early-mid- to mid-19ᵗʰ century, Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli, Le confidenze de le regazze, lines 5–8; republished as “Le confidenze de le regazze II”, in Marcello Teodonio, editor, Tutti i sonetti romaneschi di G. G. Belli, Rome, 1998:

He said that thing is called a cock, or a dick; and the other two [are called] balls. I asked him: "What is this little toy? And what are these two pendants good for?"

Il Sir di Corinto, dal nobile augello
qual mai non fu visto più duro e più bello.
Il sir di Corinto dall’agile pene
terrore e ruina del fragile imene;
il sir di Corinto dal cazzo peloso
del cul rubicondo ognora goloso.

1928, Hertz De Benedetti, “Atto primo [First act]”, in Ifigonia in Culide:

The lord of Corinth, with his noble cock, such that never a harder or more beautiful one was ever seen. The lord of Corinth, with his swift penis, terror and ruin for the fragile hymen; the lord of Corinth, with his hairy dick, ever hungry for ruddy ass.


sarcoma

Borrowed from Latin sarcoma , from Ancient Greek σάρκωμα (sárkōma), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) + -ωμα (-ōma, “process”) or from Ancient Greek σαρκόω (sarkóō), itself from σάρξ (sárx).


stoma

(botany, zoology, surgery) stoma (all senses)


edema

From New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”).


carcinoma

From Latin carcĭnōma (“a cancerous ulcer”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνωμα (karkínōma).


collo

From Latin collum, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolsom, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”).
Cognate with French cou, Galician and Portuguese colo, Spanish cuello

collo del femore

collo dell’utero


rosso

From Latin russus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-. Cognate with Latin rosa.


brandy

Unadapted borrowing from English brandy.


cervello

it-noun

cervello m (plural cervelli m or (in certain fixed expressions) cervella f)

cervelli (masculine plural)
cervella (feminine plural)

From Latin cerebellum, derived from cerebrum, from Proto-Italic *kerazrom, from a Proto-Indo-European form *ḱerh₂-s-ro, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”). The alternative plural cervella derives from the Latin plural form cerebella. Doublet of the borrowing cerebello; cf. the derived cerebellare.


cloaca

Borrowed from Latin cloaca. Cognate to the inherited doublet chiavica.


naso

From Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.


oligozoospermia

oligozoospermia f (plural oligozoospermie)


hashish

Transliteration of Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).


martello

From Late Latin martellus, diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, diminutive of marcus, or from malleus (“hammer”). Compare Portguese martelo and Catalan martell.


mento

From Latin mentum, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to project”).


cornetto

From corno (“horn”, from Latin cornū) + -etto (diminutive suffix).

suffix

from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">cornū</i>


biondo

it-adj

biondo (feminine bionda, masculine plural biondi, feminine plural bionde, superlative biondissimo)

bionda (feminine)
biondi (masculine plural)
bionde (feminine plural)
biondissimo (superlative)

Medieval Latin blondus, of Germanic origin: probably from Frankish *blund (“a mixed color between golden and light-brown”), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“mixed, blinding”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-. Compare French blond.

der

blond (man, man's hair), blonde (woman, woman's hair), fair-haired


regione

Borrowed from Latin regiōnem, case form of regiō (literally “direction, line”), derived from regō (“to rule, govern”). Compare rione, an inherited doublet.


birra

→ Arabic: بيرة (bīra)

→ Egyptian Arabic: بيرة (bīra)

→ Moroccan Arabic: بيرة (bīrra)

→ Cimbrian: bira

→ Greek: μπίρα (bíra)

→ Maltese: birra

→ Portuguese: birra

→ Spanish: birra

→ Ottoman Turkish: بیرا (bira)

Turkish: bira

→ Armenian: պիրա (pira)

→ Venetan: bira

→ Cimbrian: biira

Mi piace la birra.


vulva

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from the Proto-Indo-European root *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

(anatomy) the external female genitalia; vulva


anca

From Vulgar Latin *hanca, from Proto-Germanic *hankō, related to *ankijǭ (“joint, limb”). Compare French hanche, English haunch.


urinario

it-adj

urinario (feminine urinaria, masculine plural urinari, feminine plural urinarie)

urinaria (feminine)
urinari (masculine plural)
urinarie (feminine plural)


sambuca

From sambuco (“elder tree”), from Latin sambūcus, considered to be from the instrument name sambūca for its being made of elderwood.


CID

(medicine) Initialism of coagulazione intravascolare disseminata; DIC.


gomito

From earlier gombito, from Latin cubitum, noun use of the neuter of cubitus, the passive perfect participle of cubō (“to lie down, recline”). Doublet of the borrowing cubito.


lue

(medicine) Synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)


farmacia

it-noun

farmacia f (countable and uncountable, plural farmacie)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”).

der

(countable, pharmacy) pharmacy (“shop”), chemist's, drugstore


vago

it-adj

vago (feminine vaga, masculine plural vaghi, feminine plural vaghe, superlative vaghissimo)

vaga (feminine)
vaghi (masculine plural)
vaghe (feminine plural)
vaghissimo (superlative)


ventre

From Latin ventrem, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.


fibula

Borrowed from Latin fībula. Doublet of the inherited fibbia.


rabbia

From Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs.


potenza

From Latin potentia. By surface analysis, potere + -enza.


doccia

→ French: douche f (see for further descendants)

Probably a back-formation of doccione (“conduit, spout”), from Latin ductiōnem, from ducere, infinitive of dūcō (“lead, guide; draw, pull”), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin root *ducea, ultimately from the same root.


cancro

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Compare the doublet granchio (“crab”), inherited through a Vulgar Latin diminutive form.


champagne

Borrowed from French champagne, from Champagne, from Late Latin campania. Doublet of campagna.


DOC

Modelled after French AOC (“appellation d'origine contrôlée”).

cog

(viticulture) Initialism of Denominazione di Origine Controllata (“controlled designation of origin”).

DOCG

Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita


ischemia

From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ískhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, isco- + -emia.


abasia

From a- + Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “step”) + -ia.


PCR

proteina C-reattiva
w:it:proteina C-reattiva

(medicine) Initialism of proteina C-reattiva; CRP


diastole

From Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”).


meso

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”).

bor+

(anatomy) generic name of formations resulting from the union of two peritoneal folds


velo

From Latin vēlum, from Proto-Indo-European.


intestino crasso

it-noun

intestino crasso m (plural intestini crassi)


arteria

Learned borrowing from Latin artēria, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (artēríā).


istmo

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck”).

(by extension, meteorology)
(anatomy) isthmus


eco

(medicine) Short for ecografia (“ultrasound, ultrasonography”).


busto

desctree

→ French: buste
→ Danish: buste
→ Polish: biust
→ Russian: бюст (bjust)
→ Georgian: ბიუსტი (biusṭi)

From Latin būstum (“burial mound, tomb”). The semantic shift from “tomb” to “bust” happened via the meaning of “sepulchral statue”.


intestino

Borrowed from Latin intestīnus (“internal”).


vena

From Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.

(anatomy, botany, zoology) vein (all senses)


foro

Deverbal from forare (“to pierce, make a hole”) + -o. Compare Portuguese furo.


palma

From Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂.

palm (corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal)


sangria

Borrowed from Spanish sangría, derivative of sangre (“blood”), from Latin sanguis, due to its red color. Related with Italian sangue.


-oma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

(pathology) -oma (forms the names of tumours or masses)


vaso-

(medicine, pathology) vaso- (pertaining to blood vessels or the vascular system)


lamina

From Latin lāmina (“thin sheet of material”). Doublet of lama, a borrowing from French.


gota

From Vulgar Latin *gauta, of Gaulish origin.

(anatomy) cheek (human or meat-animal), jowl


bronco

Borrowed from Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “throat”).


rupia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “dirt, filth”).


pepsi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis).


abulia

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía).


carpo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós).


rima

Borrowed from Old French rime, from a Germanic word cognate with Old English rīm (“counting”).


seno

Inherited from Latin sinus (“fold, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *sinos. Compare French sein, Romansch sain, Romanian sân, Spanish seno.


amaretto

From amaro (“bitter”) + -etto (diminutive suffix), ultimately from Latin amārus.


polmone

it-noun

polmone m (plural polmoni, diminutive polmoncino)

polmoni (plural)
polmoncino (diminutive)

From Latin pulmōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō.


gemello

it-adj

gemello (feminine gemella, masculine plural gemelli, feminine plural gemelle)

gemella (feminine)
gemelli (masculine plural)
gemelle (feminine plural)

From Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus, from Proto-Italic *jemanos, from Proto-Indo-European *yemH-. Compare French jumeau, Portuguese gêmeo, Romanian geamăn, Spanish gemelo.


sidro

From Old French sidre, from Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σῑ́κερᾰ (sī́kera).


spalla

it-noun

spalla f (plural spalle, diminutive spallétta)

From Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula, from classical Latin spatha. Compare spatola, a borrowed doublet.

(anatomy, cut of meat, portion of a garment) shoulder

cut of meat; portion of a garment; cut of meat; portion of a garment


imene

From Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).


aia

Inherited from Latin ārea. Doublet of Italian area (“area”).

aia cardiaca

aia epatica


acido acetilsalicilico

it-noun

acido acetilsalicilico m (plural acidi acetilsalicilici)

acetylsalicylic acid
acetylsalicylic acid

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) acetylsalicylic acid


lume

From Latin lūmen. In the sense of "lumen" it is a modern neologism. Doublet of lumen, a borrowing.


ramo

From Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).


adenosintrifosfato

adenosintrifosfato m (plural adenosintrifosfati)

From adenosina (“adenosine”) + trifosfato (“triphosphate”).

compound

adenosine triphosphate
adenosine triphosphate#English:_Q80863

(biochemistry) adenosine triphosphate (a nucleotide that is used as a source of energy in cellular reactions, in the synthesis of nucleic acids, and as a neurotransmitter recognized by purinergic receptors)


anfetamina

Borrowed from English amphetamine, shortened form of alpha-methylphenethylamine.


acetilcolina

(biochemistry) acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter in humans and other animals)


scolo

Deverbal from scolare (“to drain”) + -o.


rotella

From Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”).


rene

From Latin rēnem, from Proto-Italic *hrēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”).


nevo

Learned borrowing from Latin naevus, from earlier gnaevus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁iwós (“native”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”). Doublet of neo.

(rare except medicine) mole (spot on the skin)


trippa

Uncertain; possibly from Arabic تَرْب (tarb, “bowels”), or from a Celtic root connected with Old Irish tarpán (“bunch of grapes”). Compare Spanish tripa and Portuguese tripa.


sterno

From Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breastbone, heart”).


vin santo

From vin (“wine”, apocopic form of vino) + santo (“holy, saint”).

compound

apocopic form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it">vino</i>

(chiefly uncountable) vin santo or any similar wine


atlante

From Atlante (“Atlas”), from Latin Ātlantem, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

(anatomy) atlas (uppermost vertebra of the neck)


blocco

Borrowed from French blocus, from Middle Dutch blochuus (“fortified house”).

der

blocco cardiaco


branca

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: پرانقه (pranka), پرانغه (pranga)
Turkish: pranga
→ Albanian: pranga
→ Armenian: փըռանկա (pʻəṙanka) — Constantinople


curare

it-verb

curàre (first-person singular present cùro, first-person singular past historic curài, past participle curàto, auxiliary avére)

curàre (canonical)
cùro (first-person present singular)
curài (first-person historic past singular)
curàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
curàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
curàndo (gerund)
curànte (participle present)
curàto (participle past)
cùro (first-person indicative present singular)
cùri (indicative present second-person singular)
cùra (indicative present singular third-person)
curiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
curàte (indicative plural present second-person)
cùrano (indicative plural present third-person)
curàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
curàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
curàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
curavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
curavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
curàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
curài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
curàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
curò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
curàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
curàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
curàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
curerò (first-person future indicative singular)
curerài (future indicative second-person singular)
curerà (future indicative singular third-person)
curerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
cureréte (future indicative plural second-person)
curerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
curerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
curerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
curerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
curerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
curerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
cureréste (conditional plural present second-person)
curerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
curerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
cùri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cùri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cùri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
curiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
curiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cùrino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
curàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
curàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
curàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
curàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
curàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
curàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cùra (imperative second-person singular)
cùri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
curiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
curàte (imperative plural second-person)
cùrino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
curàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
cùri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
curiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
curàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
cùrino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(transitive, medicine) to treat, cure (a patient, disease, etc.)


calice

From Latin calycem, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́λυξ (kálux).


canale

→ German: Kanal

desctree

→ Polish: kanał
→ Russian: канава (kanava)
→ Azerbaijani: qanov
→ Bezhta: канав (kanav)
→ Finnish: kanava
→ Komi-Zyrian: канава (kanava)
→ Votic: kanavõ
→ Ukrainian: канава (kanava)


callo

From Latin callum (“callus, induration”).


caduco

it-adj

caduco (feminine caduca, masculine plural caduchi, feminine plural caduche)

caduca (feminine)
caduchi (masculine plural)
caduche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin cadūcus (“falling”, adjective), derived from cadō (“to fall”).


canino

it-adj

canino (feminine canina, masculine plural canini, feminine plural canine)

canina (feminine)
canini (masculine plural)
canine (feminine plural)


chirurgo

it-noun

chirurgo m (plural chirurghi or chirurgi, feminine chirurga)

chirurghi (plural)
chirurgi (plural)
chirurga (feminine)


clavo

Learned borrowing from Latin clāvus (“nail; stripe on a tunic; callus”), from Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂wos, derived from the root *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”). Doublet of chiodo, chiavo, and chiovo.


ciglio

it-noun

ciglio m (plural (in the literal meanings) ciglia f or (in the figurative meanings or rarely in the literal meanings) cigli m)

ciglia (feminine plural)
cigli (masculine plural)

From Latin cilium, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, which is derived from *ḱel- (“to cover”).


cisti

From Latin cystis, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”).


clitoride

From Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).


coccige

From Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux, “cuckoo”), referring to the curved shape of a cuckoo's beak when viewed from the side.


intestino tenue

it-noun

intestino tenue m (plural intestini tenui)


colpo

Turkish: kolpa

From Vulgar Latin *colpus, from Latin colaphus from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos). Doublet of golfo.

colpo d'aria

a cold, an illness caused by adverse weather


adrenalina

(biochemistry) adrenaline (epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter)


cono

From Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos).

(zoology) any mollusk of the Conus taxonomic genus


adulterare

it-verb

adulteràre (first-person singular present adùltero, first-person singular past historic adulterài, past participle adulteràto, auxiliary avére)

adulteràre (canonical)
adùltero (first-person present singular)
adulterài (first-person historic past singular)
adulteràto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
adulteràre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
adulteràndo (gerund)
adulterànte (participle present)
adulteràto (participle past)
adùltero (first-person indicative present singular)
adùlteri (indicative present second-person singular)
adùltera (indicative present singular third-person)
adulteriàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
adulteràte (indicative plural present second-person)
adùlterano (indicative plural present third-person)
adulteràvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
adulteràvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
adulteràva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
adulteravàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
adulteravàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
adulteràvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
adulterài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
adulteràsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
adulterò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
adulteràmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
adulteràste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
adulteràrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
adultererò (first-person future indicative singular)
adultererài (future indicative second-person singular)
adultererà (future indicative singular third-person)
adultererémo (first-person future indicative plural)
adultereréte (future indicative plural second-person)
adultererànno (future indicative plural third-person)
adultererèi (conditional first-person present singular)
adultererésti (conditional present second-person singular)
adultererèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
adultererébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
adultererémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
adultereréste (conditional plural present second-person)
adultererèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
adultererébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
adùlteri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
adùlteri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
adùlteri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
adulteriàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
adulteriàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
adùlterino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
adulteràssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
adulteràssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
adulteràsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
adulteràssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
adulteràste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
adulteràssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
adùltera (imperative second-person singular)
adùlteri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
adulteriàmo (first-person imperative plural)
adulteràte (imperative plural second-person)
adùlterino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
adulteràre (imperative negative second-person singular)
adùlteri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
adulteriàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
adulteràte (imperative negative plural second-person)
adùlterino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


amputare

amputàre (first-person singular present àmputo, first-person singular past historic amputài, past participle amputàto, auxiliary avére)

amputàre (canonical)
àmputo (first-person present singular)
amputài (first-person historic past singular)
amputàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
amputàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
amputàndo (gerund)
amputànte (participle present)
amputàto (participle past)
àmputo (first-person indicative present singular)
àmputi (indicative present second-person singular)
àmputa (indicative present singular third-person)
amputiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
amputàte (indicative plural present second-person)
àmputano (indicative plural present third-person)
amputàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
amputàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
amputàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
amputavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
amputavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
amputàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
amputài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
amputàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
amputò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
amputàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
amputàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
amputàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
amputerò (first-person future indicative singular)
amputerài (future indicative second-person singular)
amputerà (future indicative singular third-person)
amputerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
amputeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
amputerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
amputerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
amputerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
amputerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
amputerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
amputerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
amputeréste (conditional plural present second-person)
amputerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
amputerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
àmputi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
àmputi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
àmputi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
amputiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
amputiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
àmputino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
amputàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
amputàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
amputàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
amputàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
amputàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
amputàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
àmputa (imperative second-person singular)
àmputi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
amputiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
amputàte (imperative plural second-person)
àmputino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
amputàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
àmputi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
amputiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
amputàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
àmputino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


anulare

Borrowed from Latin ānulāris (“annular, ring-shaped”).


anestesia

From Ancient Greek ἀναισθησία (anaisthēsía), from ἀν- (an-) "not" + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis) "sensation".


granulare

it-verb

granulàre (first-person singular present grànulo, first-person singular past historic granulài, past participle granulàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

granulàre (canonical)
grànulo (first-person present singular)
granulài (first-person historic past singular)
granulàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
granulàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary transitive)
èssere (auxiliary intransitive)
granulàndo (gerund)
granulànte (participle present)
granulàto (participle past)
grànulo (first-person indicative present singular)
grànuli (indicative present second-person singular)
grànula (indicative present singular third-person)
granuliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
granulàte (indicative plural present second-person)
grànulano (indicative plural present third-person)
granulàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
granulàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
granulàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
granulavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
granulavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
granulàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
granulài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
granulàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
granulò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
granulàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
granulàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
granulàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
granulerò (first-person future indicative singular)
granulerài (future indicative second-person singular)
granulerà (future indicative singular third-person)
granulerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
granuleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
granulerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
granulerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
granulerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
granulerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
granulerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
granulerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
granuleréste (conditional plural present second-person)
granulerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
granulerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
grànuli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
grànuli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
grànuli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
granuliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
granuliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
grànulino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
granulàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
granulàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
granulàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
granulàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
granulàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
granulàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
grànula (imperative second-person singular)
grànuli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
granuliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
granulàte (imperative plural second-person)
grànulino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
granulàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
grànuli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
granuliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
granulàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
grànulino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, medicine) to granulate (of a wound) [auxiliary essere]


coscia

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”), from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-.


costola

it-noun

costola f (plural costole, diminutive costolétta or costolina, augmentative costolóne m)

costole (plural)
costolétta (diminutive)
costolina (diminutive)
costolóne (augmentative masculine)

From Late Latin costula, diminutive of Latin costa. Doublet of cosca.


dentista

dentista m or f by sense (masculine plural dentisti, feminine plural dentiste)

dentisti (masculine plural)
dentiste (feminine plural)


modulare

it-verb

modulàre (first-person singular present mòdulo, first-person singular past historic modulài, past participle modulàto, auxiliary avére)

modulàre (canonical)
mòdulo (first-person present singular)
modulài (first-person historic past singular)
modulàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
modulàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
modulàndo (gerund)
modulànte (participle present)
modulàto (participle past)
mòdulo (first-person indicative present singular)
mòduli (indicative present second-person singular)
mòdula (indicative present singular third-person)
moduliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
modulàte (indicative plural present second-person)
mòdulano (indicative plural present third-person)
modulàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
modulàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
modulàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
modulavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
modulavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
modulàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
modulài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
modulàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
modulò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
modulàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
modulàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
modulàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
modulerò (first-person future indicative singular)
modulerài (future indicative second-person singular)
modulerà (future indicative singular third-person)
modulerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
moduleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
modulerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
modulerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
modulerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
modulerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
modulerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
modulerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
moduleréste (conditional plural present second-person)
modulerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
modulerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
mòduli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
mòduli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
mòduli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
moduliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
moduliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
mòdulino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
modulàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
modulàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
modulàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
modulàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
modulàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
modulàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
mòdula (imperative second-person singular)
mòduli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
moduliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
modulàte (imperative plural second-person)
mòdulino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
modulàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
mòduli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
moduliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
modulàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
mòdulino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(music, physics, pharmacology) to modulate


operare

operàre (first-person singular present òpero, first-person singular past historic operài, past participle operàto, auxiliary avére)

operàre (canonical)
òpero (first-person present singular)
operài (first-person historic past singular)
operàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
operàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
operàndo (gerund)
operànte (participle present)
operàto (participle past)
òpero (first-person indicative present singular)
òperi (indicative present second-person singular)
òpera (indicative present singular third-person)
operiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
operàte (indicative plural present second-person)
òperano (indicative plural present third-person)
operàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
operàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
operàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
operavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
operavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
operàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
operài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
operàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
operò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
operàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
operàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
operàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
opererò (first-person future indicative singular)
opererài (future indicative second-person singular)
opererà (future indicative singular third-person)
opererémo (first-person future indicative plural)
opereréte (future indicative plural second-person)
opererànno (future indicative plural third-person)
opererèi (conditional first-person present singular)
opererésti (conditional present second-person singular)
opererèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
opererébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
opererémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
opereréste (conditional plural present second-person)
opererèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
opererébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
òperi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
òperi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
òperi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
operiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
operiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
òperino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
operàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
operàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
operàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
operàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
operàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
operàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
òpera (imperative second-person singular)
òperi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
operiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
operàte (imperative plural second-person)
òperino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
operàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
òperi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
operiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
operàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
òperino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Latin operārī. The archaic variant form ovrare was influenced by or borrowed from Old French ovrer.


salivare

From saliva + -are. Cognate with Friulian salivâr.


salivare

salivàre (first-person singular present salìvo, first-person singular past historic salivài, past participle salivàto, auxiliary avére)

salivàre (canonical)
salìvo (first-person present singular)
salivài (first-person historic past singular)
salivàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
salivàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
salivàndo (gerund)
salivànte (participle present)
salivàto (participle past)
salìvo (first-person indicative present singular)
salìvi (indicative present second-person singular)
salìva (indicative present singular third-person)
saliviàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
salivàte (indicative plural present second-person)
salìvano (indicative plural present third-person)
salivàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
salivàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
salivàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
salivavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
salivavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
salivàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
salivài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
salivàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
salivò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
salivàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
salivàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
salivàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
saliverò (first-person future indicative singular)
saliverài (future indicative second-person singular)
saliverà (future indicative singular third-person)
saliverémo (first-person future indicative plural)
saliveréte (future indicative plural second-person)
saliverànno (future indicative plural third-person)
saliverèi (conditional first-person present singular)
saliverésti (conditional present second-person singular)
saliverèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
saliverébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
saliverémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
saliveréste (conditional plural present second-person)
saliverèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
saliverébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
salìvi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
salìvi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
salìvi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
saliviàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
saliviàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
salìvino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
salivàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
salivàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
salivàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
salivàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
salivàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
salivàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
salìva (imperative second-person singular)
salìvi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
saliviàmo (first-person imperative plural)
salivàte (imperative plural second-person)
salìvino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
salivàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
salìvi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
saliviàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
salivàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
salìvino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Latin salīvāre (“to salivate”), from salīva (“spittle, saliva”).

(intransitive, physiology, rare) to salivate


sincope

Borrowed from Late Latin syncope, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ), from σύν (sún) + κόπτω (kóptō, “strike, cut off”).


sutura

Borrowed from Latin sūtūra (“suture”) (probably a borrowing), from suō (“sew, join or tack together”).


velare

From vel(o) (“velum”) + -are (“-ar”, adjectival suffix).


melena

From Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”).


retinoblastoma

it-noun

retinoblastoma m (plural retinoblastomi)


limoncello

From limon(e) (“lemon”) + -cello (diminutive suffix).

affix

(also uncountable) limoncello (Italian lemon-flavoured/flavored liqueur)


chimo

From Latin chȳmus, from Ancient Greek χῡμός (khūmós).


asta

(ophthalmology) temple (sidepiece of spectacles)


rubino

a form of Marsala wine made from red grapes


milza

Borrowed from Lombardic milzi, from Proto-Germanic *miltiją, akin to English milt, German Milz, Danish milt etc.


cutaneo

it-adj

cutaneo (feminine cutanea, masculine plural cutanei, feminine plural cutanee)

cutanea (feminine)
cutanei (masculine plural)
cutanee (feminine plural)


riccio

riccio (feminine riccia, masculine plural ricci, feminine plural ricce)

riccia (feminine)
ricci (masculine plural)
ricce (feminine plural)

From Latin ēricius (“a hedgehog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”).


rosato

it-adj

rosato (feminine rosata, masculine plural rosati, feminine plural rosate)

rosata (feminine)
rosati (masculine plural)
rosate (feminine plural)


ciclo mestruale

it-noun

ciclo mestruale m (plural cicli mestruali)


antico

it-adj

antico (feminine antica, masculine plural antici, feminine plural antiche)

antica (feminine)
antici (masculine plural)
antiche (feminine plural)

From Latin antīcus, with a shift of stress due to it being reinterpreted as containing Latin -ĭcus / Italian -ico.

muscolo scaleno antico


alluce

From Late Latin (h)allucem, from Latin hallus/allus.


malattia

Cognate with Catalan malaltia, English malady, French maladie, Sicilian malatìa, Portuguese maladia.


malato

malato (feminine malata, masculine plural malati, feminine plural malate)

malata (feminine)
malati (masculine plural)
malate (feminine plural)

Visita suo padre malato nell'ospedale.

She visits her sick father in the hospital.


ammalato

ammalato (feminine ammalata, masculine plural ammalati, feminine plural ammalate)

ammalata (feminine)
ammalati (masculine plural)
ammalate (feminine plural)


ammalato

it-noun

ammalato m (plural ammalati, feminine ammalata)


cervice

Borrowed from Latin cervīcem, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head”) and *weyk- (“to bend”).


adenoide

(relational, anatomy) adenoidal (of or pertaining to the adenoids)


adenoide

(anatomy, usually in the plural) adenoids


ricetta

Turkish: reçete

From Latin recepta, feminine of receptus (“received”), from perfect passive participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

(medicine, pharmacy) prescription, script (written order for a medical treatment)


dottore

dottore m (plural dottori, feminine dottoressa)


simpatico

it-adj

simpatico (feminine simpatica, masculine plural simpatici, feminine plural simpatiche)

simpatica (feminine)
simpatici (masculine plural)
simpatiche (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠμπᾰθῐκός (sumpathikós), adjectival form of σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ (sumpátheia, “sympathy, fellow feeling”, literally “suffering together”).


simpatico

sympathetic nervous system
sympathetic nervous system

automatic nervous system
automatic nervous system

(anatomy) sympathetic nervous system, automatic nervous system


medulloblastoma

it-noun

medulloblastoma m (plural medulloblastomi)


asma

From Latin āsthma, from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma, “laborous breathing”).


sorridere

it-verb

sorrìdere (first-person singular present sorrìdo, first-person singular past historic sorrìsi, past participle sorrìso, auxiliary avére)

sorrìdere (canonical)
sorrìdo (first-person present singular)
sorrìsi (first-person historic past singular)
sorrìso (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
sorrìdere (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
sorridèndo (gerund)
sorridènte (participle present)
sorrìso (participle past)
sorrìdo (first-person indicative present singular)
sorrìdi (indicative present second-person singular)
sorrìde (indicative present singular third-person)
sorridiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
sorridéte (indicative plural present second-person)
sorrìdono (indicative plural present third-person)
sorridévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sorridévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sorridéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sorridevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sorridevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sorridévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sorrìsi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
sorridésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
sorrìse (historic indicative past singular third-person)
sorridémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
sorridéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
sorrìsero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
sorriderò (first-person future indicative singular)
sorriderài (future indicative second-person singular)
sorriderà (future indicative singular third-person)
sorriderémo (first-person future indicative plural)
sorrideréte (future indicative plural second-person)
sorriderànno (future indicative plural third-person)
sorriderèi (conditional first-person present singular)
sorriderésti (conditional present second-person singular)
sorriderèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
sorriderébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
sorriderémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
sorrideréste (conditional plural present second-person)
sorriderèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
sorriderébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
sorrìda (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sorrìda (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sorrìda (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sorridiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sorridiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sorrìdano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sorridéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sorridéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sorridésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sorridéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sorridéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sorridéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sorrìdi (imperative second-person singular)
sorrìda (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sorridiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
sorridéte (imperative plural second-person)
sorrìdano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
sorrìdere (imperative negative second-person singular)
sorrìda (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
sorridiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
sorridéte (imperative negative plural second-person)
sorrìdano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From Vulgar Latin *subrīdĕre, from Latin subrīdēre.


ginecologico

it-adj

ginecologico (feminine ginecologica, masculine plural ginecologici, feminine plural ginecologiche)

ginecologica (feminine)
ginecologici (masculine plural)
ginecologiche (feminine plural)


cardio-

From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”).


angio-

(anatomy, medicine) angio- (relating to blood vessels or lymph vessels)


anatomia

From Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek *ἀνατομία (*anatomía).


parete

From Late Latin parētem, from Latin parietem m.


nervoso

nervoso (feminine nervosa, masculine plural nervosi, feminine plural nervose, superlative nervosissimo)

nervosa (feminine)
nervosi (masculine plural)
nervose (feminine plural)
nervosissimo (superlative)

(medicine, anatomy, relational) nerve; nervous


guancia

From Vulgar Latin *guancia, borrowed from Lombardic *wankja, from Proto-Germanic *wangô (“cheek”). Compare Old High German wanga (modern German Wange). Doublet of gargia.

(anatomy) cheek (the soft skin on each side of the face)


gomma

→ Albanian: gomë

From Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).


vitale

vitale (plural vitali, superlative vitalissimo)

vitali (plural)
vitalissimo (superlative)

From vita + -ale, or from Latin vītālis.


soccorso

From Vulgar Latin *succursum, from Latin succursus. Compare French secours.


organo

Probably borrowed from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), derived from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make”). Cf. the doublet argano.


ormone

From Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).


riflesso

it-adj

riflesso (feminine riflessa, masculine plural riflessi, feminine plural riflesse)

riflessa (feminine)
riflessi (masculine plural)
riflesse (feminine plural)


esitare

it-verb

esitàre (first-person singular present èsito, first-person singular past historic esitài, past participle esitàto, auxiliary avére)

esitàre (canonical)
èsito (first-person present singular)
esitài (first-person historic past singular)
esitàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
esitàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
esitàndo (gerund)
esitànte (participle present)
esitàto (participle past)
èsito (first-person indicative present singular)
èsiti (indicative present second-person singular)
èsita (indicative present singular third-person)
esitiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
esitàte (indicative plural present second-person)
èsitano (indicative plural present third-person)
esitàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
esitàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
esitàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
esitavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
esitavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
esitàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
esitài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
esitàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
esitò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
esitàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
esitàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
esitàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
esiterò (first-person future indicative singular)
esiterài (future indicative second-person singular)
esiterà (future indicative singular third-person)
esiterémo (first-person future indicative plural)
esiteréte (future indicative plural second-person)
esiterànno (future indicative plural third-person)
esiterèi (conditional first-person present singular)
esiterésti (conditional present second-person singular)
esiterèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
esiterébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
esiterémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
esiteréste (conditional plural present second-person)
esiterèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
esiterébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
èsiti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
èsiti (present second-person singular subjunctive)
èsiti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
esitiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
esitiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
èsitino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
esitàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
esitàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
esitàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
esitàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
esitàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
esitàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
èsita (imperative second-person singular)
èsiti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
esitiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
esitàte (imperative plural second-person)
èsitino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
esitàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
èsiti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
esitiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
esitàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
èsitino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


perineo

From post‐Classical Latin perinaeum (Classical Latin perinaeon), from Ancient Greek περίναιον (perínaion) or περίνεος (períneos), from περί (perí, “around”) with ἰνέω (inéō, “I empty, evacuate”).


sacco

From Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.


skincare

Unadapted borrowing from English skincare.

ubor

skincare (care and treatment of the skin)


ghiandola

From Latin glandula. Compare the borrowed forms listed above.


ipofisi

From Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”), from φύω (phúō, “to bring forth”).


tiroide

From Ancient Greek θυρεός (thureós, “a large oblong shield”) + -oide.


curarsi

it-verb

curàrsi (first-person singular present mi cùro, first-person singular past historic mi curài, past participle curàto)

curàrsi (canonical)
mi cùro (first-person present singular)
mi curài (first-person historic past singular)
curàto (participle past)
curàrsi (infinitive)
èssere (auxiliary)
curàndosi (gerund)
curànte (participle present)
curàto (participle past)
mi cùro (first-person indicative present singular)
ti cùri (indicative present second-person singular)
si cùra (indicative present singular third-person)
ci curiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
vi curàte (indicative plural present second-person)
si cùrano (indicative plural present third-person)
mi curàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ti curàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
si curàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ci curavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vi curavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
si curàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mi curài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ti curàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
si curò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ci curàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
vi curàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
si curàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
mi curerò (first-person future indicative singular)
ti curerài (future indicative second-person singular)
si curerà (future indicative singular third-person)
ci curerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
vi cureréte (future indicative plural second-person)
si curerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
mi curerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
ti curerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
si curerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
si curerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
ci curerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
vi cureréste (conditional plural present second-person)
si curerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
si curerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
mi cùri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ti cùri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
si cùri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ci curiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vi curiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
si cùrino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mi curàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ti curàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
si curàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ci curàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vi curàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
si curàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cùrati (imperative second-person singular)
si cùri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
curiàmoci (first-person imperative plural)
curàtevi (imperative plural second-person)
si cùrino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
curàrti (imperative negative second-person singular)
ti curàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
si cùri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
curiàmoci (first-person imperative negative plural)
ci curiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
curàtevi (imperative negative plural second-person)
vi curàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
si cùrino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

non si è curato bene l'influenza ed ora ha una ricaduta

he didn't treat his influenza well, and he has now relapsed

(transitive, medicine) to treat (a patient, disease, etc.)


prostata

→ Maltese: prostata

From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).


cervicale

Borrowed from New Latin cervīcālis, formed from the root of Latin cervīx (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -ālis (see -ale). By surface analysis, cervice + -ale.


terapia

→ Maltese: terapija

Borrowed from New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”).

(psychology) Short for psicoterapia (“psychotherapy”).


ganglio

From Ancient Greek γάγγλιον (gánglion, “encysted tumour on a tendon, anything gathered into a ball”).


salassare

it-verb

salassàre (first-person singular present salàsso, first-person singular past historic salassài, past participle salassàto, auxiliary avére)

salassàre (canonical)
salàsso (first-person present singular)
salassài (first-person historic past singular)
salassàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
salassàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
salassàndo (gerund)
salassànte (participle present)
salassàto (participle past)
salàsso (first-person indicative present singular)
salàssi (indicative present second-person singular)
salàssa (indicative present singular third-person)
salassiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
salassàte (indicative plural present second-person)
salàssano (indicative plural present third-person)
salassàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
salassàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
salassàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
salassavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
salassavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
salassàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
salassài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
salassàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
salassò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
salassàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
salassàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
salassàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
salasserò (first-person future indicative singular)
salasserài (future indicative second-person singular)
salasserà (future indicative singular third-person)
salasserémo (first-person future indicative plural)
salasseréte (future indicative plural second-person)
salasserànno (future indicative plural third-person)
salasserèi (conditional first-person present singular)
salasserésti (conditional present second-person singular)
salasserèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
salasserébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
salasserémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
salasseréste (conditional plural present second-person)
salasserèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
salasserébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
salàssi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
salàssi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
salàssi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
salassiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
salassiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
salàssino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
salassàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
salassàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
salassàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
salassàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
salassàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
salassàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
salàssa (imperative second-person singular)
salàssi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
salassiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
salassàte (imperative plural second-person)
salàssino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
salassàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
salàssi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
salassiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
salassàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
salàssino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

Contraction of Latin sanguinem laxāre (“to release blood”).

der

(transitive, medicine) to bleed (a patient) (outdated medical practice)


nodoso

it-adj

nodoso (feminine nodosa, masculine plural nodosi, feminine plural nodose)

nodosa (feminine)
nodosi (masculine plural)
nodose (feminine plural)


profilattico

profilattico (feminine profilattica, masculine plural profilattici, feminine plural profilattiche)

profilattica (feminine)
profilattici (masculine plural)
profilattiche (feminine plural)


dentario

dentario (feminine dentaria, masculine plural dentari, feminine plural dentarie)

dentaria (feminine)
dentari (masculine plural)
dentarie (feminine plural)


preservativo

(slang)


soggetto

(grammar, medicine, music, law, philosophy) subject


labirinto

From Latin labyrinthus, from Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos).


processo

From Latin processus, possibly borrowed.