EMPYEMAS

Noun

empyemas

plural of empyema

Source: Wiktionary


EMPYEMA

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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