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empyema
[ em-pee-ee-muh, -pahy- ]
noun
Pathology.
- a collection of pus in a body cavity, especially the pleural cavity.
empyema
/ ˌɛ³¾±è²¹ÉªËˆ¾±Ë³¾É™ /
noun
- a collection of pus in a body cavity, esp in the chest
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Derived Forms
- ËŒ±ð³¾±è²âˈ±ð³¾¾±³¦, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ð³¾î€…p²â·±ðm¾±³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of empyema1
C17: from Medieval Latin, from Greek ±ð³¾±è³Üŧ³¾²¹ abscess, from empuein to suppurate, from puon pus
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He said she died as a result of bronchopneumonia with empyema due to invasive streptococcal infection.
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The infection had formed an abscess called an empyema, which triggered the seizures.
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The first, published this week in Pediatrics, looked at pneumonia, sinusitis and empyema hospitalizations in children under 5 in Sweden’s Stockholm County between 2003 and 2012.
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Murchison refers to three cases in which it was followed by empyema.
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He resisted this very well, but eventually died rather suddenly of an empyema.
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