empyema

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empyema

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma, “gathering, abscess”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛm.pʌɪˈiː.mə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛm.paɪˈiː.mə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

empyema (plural empyemas or empyemata)

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

Derived terms

• empyematous
• empyemic

Related terms

• pyo- (and its derivatives)

Translations

collection of pus

Catalan: empiema Chinese: 積膿 / 积脓 (zh) Dutch: empyeem (nl) Estonian: empüeem Finnish: empyeema French: empyème (fr) m German: Empyem Greek: εμπύημα (el) n (empýima) Ancient: ἐμπύημα n (empúēma) Italian: empiema (it) m Japanese: 蓄膿症 (ja) Polish: ropniak (pl) m Portuguese: empiema Spanish: empiema (es) m Swedish: empyem n Turkish: ampiyem (tr)

References

• “empyema”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “empyema”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.