empyema

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma, “gathering, abscess”).

Pronunciation

Noun

empyema (plural empyemas or empyemata)

  1. (medicine) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).

Derived terms

  • pyo- (and its derivatives)

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