empyema

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) ἐμπύημα (empúēma)

Noun

empyema (plural empyemas or empyemata)

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

Translations

collection of pus

• Dutch: empyeem (nl)
• Estonian: empüeem
• French: empyème (fr) m
• German: Empyem
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• Italian: empiema (it) m
• Polish: ropniak (pl) m
• Portuguese: empiema
• Spanish: empiema (es) m