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empyema

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Noun
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em=py=e=ma

CIDE DICTIONARY

empyeman. [NL., fr. Gr. , from to suppurate; in + pus.].
     A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.  Dunglison.  [1913 Webster]
    " The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

empyema, n. a collection of pus in a cavity, esp. in the pleura.

Etymology
LL f. Gk empuema f. empueo suppurate (as EN-(2), puon pus)

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