Associations to the word «Empyema»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

EMPYEMA, noun. A collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity).

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne