An obscure medical or anatomical term possibly relating to inflammation or infection, though its precise meaning and use are now historically unclear.
Likely from Greek em- (in) + phlysis or phlegm (inflammation), following classical medical terminology patterns. The term has largely disappeared from modern medical language.
Medical history is littered with terms like emphlysis that were perfectly logical in ancient medicine but vanished when better terminology developed—it's like the Latin names of organisms.
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