B2🏥 Medical
Italian word
massa
mass (body mass); also a lump/mass (as in tumour); crowd
Looks like
mass
large quantity; in medicine: a lump or tumour
⚠️ The trap
'Massa' in Italian medicine means a lump or mass (possibly cancerous). 'Indice di massa corporea' = Body Mass Index (BMI). These uses align with English, but learners confuse 'massa' with 'messa' (church Mass) — a common spelling trap.
To say "large quantity; in medicine: a lump or tumour" in Italian:
massa (correct in medical sense)
"massa" in English means:
mass (body mass); also a lump/mass (as in tumour); crowd
Example
"L'ecografia ha rilevato una massa sospetta nel fegato."
"The ultrasound detected a suspicious mass in the liver."
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