EMPYEMA


Meaning of EMPYEMA in English

[em.py.ema] n, pl -ema.ta or -emas [LL, fr. Gk empyema, fr. empyein to suppurate, fr. em-

[2]en- + pyon pus--more at foul] (ca. 1605): the presence of pus in a bodily cavity -- em.py.emic adj

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