empyema
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma, “gathering, abscess”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]empyema (plural empyemas or empyemata)
- (medicine) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).
Translations
[edit]collection of pus
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References
[edit]- “empyema”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “empyema”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.