EMPYEMA Definition & Meaning

empyema

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

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noun

Pathology.

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

empyema

/ ˌɛ��貹ɪˈ��ː��ə /

noun

a collection of pus in a body cavity, esp in the chest

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

empyemic adjective
ˌ�𳾱��ˈ�𳾾�� adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of empyema¹

1605–15; < Late Latin < Greek �𳾱�ýŧ�� abscess, equivalent to em- em- ² + ��ŧ- (variant stem of ��î�� to suppurate, akin to pýon, pýos pus) + -ma noun suffix denoting result of action

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of empyema¹

C17: from Medieval Latin, from Greek �𳾱��ŧ�� 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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empurple empyreal

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