Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The presence of pus in a body cavity, especially the pleural cavity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, the presence of pus in a pleural cavity; pyothorax. The word was formerly used for other purulent accumulations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A collection of
pus within a naturally existinganatomical cavity (as opposed to anabscess , which occurs in a newly formed cavity).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity)
Etymologies
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But the scientists also found a 70 percent increase in the rate of a pneumonia complication called empyema, a serious and sometimes life-threatening infection in a cavity between the lung and chest wall.
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But the scientists also found a 70 percent increase in the rate of a pneumonia complication called empyema, a serious and sometimes life-threatening infection in a cavity between the lung and chest wall.
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But the scientists also found a 70 percent increase in the rate of a pneumonia complication called empyema, a serious and sometimes life-threatening infection in a cavity between the lung and chest wall.
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But the scientists also found a 70 percent increase in the rate of a pneumonia complication called empyema, a serious and sometimes life-threatening infection in a cavity between the lung and chest wall.
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But the scientists also found a 70 percent increase in the rate of a pneumonia complication called empyema, a serious and sometimes life-threatening infection in a cavity between the lung and chest wall.
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But the scientists also found a 70 percent increase in the rate of a pneumonia complication called empyema, a serious and sometimes life-threatening infection in a cavity between the lung and chest wall.
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However, pneumonia and associated complications, including a lung infection called empyema, increased in older children, the study found.
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Three different methods for accurately measuring breast density and associated complications, including a lung infection called empyema, increased in older children, the study found.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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But the scientists also found a 70 percent increase in the rate of a pneumonia complication called empyema, a serious and sometimes life-threatening infection in a cavity between the lung and chest wall.
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But the scientists also found a 70 percent increase in the rate of a pneumonia complication called empyema, a serious and sometimes life-threatening infection in a cavity between the lung and chest wall.
hernesheir commented on the word empyema
pyothorax
December 28, 2010