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empyema

[ em-pee-ee-muh, -pahy- ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. a collection of pus in a body cavity, especially the pleural cavity.


empyema

/ ˌɛ³¾±è²¹ÉªËˆ¾±Ë³¾É™ /

noun

  1. 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

Origin of empyema1

1605–15; < Late Latin < Greek ±ð³¾±èýŧ³¾²¹ abscess, equivalent to em- em- 2 + ±è²âŧ- (variant stem of ±è²â±ðî²Ô to suppurate, akin to pýon, pýos pus) + -ma noun suffix denoting result of action
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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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