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Word: Empyema
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek empuēma, from empuein ‘suppurate’, from em- ‘in’ + puon ‘pus’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɛmpʌɪˈiːmə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the collection of pus in a cavity in the body, especially in the pleural cavity
Short Definition:collection of pus in cavity in body
Examples:- the treatment of empyema
- an empyema associated with liver abscesses
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