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EMPYEMA
empyema
(noun) a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
empyema (plural empyemas or empyemata)
(medicine) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).
Source: Wiktionary
Em`py*e"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.
Note: The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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