empyema
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of empyema
1605–15; < Late Latin < Greek empýēma abscess, equivalent to em- em- 2 + pyē- (variant stem of pyeîn to suppurate, akin to pýon, pýos pus) + -ma noun suffix denoting result of action
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He said she died as a result of bronchopneumonia with empyema due to invasive streptococcal infection.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024
One of the most serious complications met in treating tuberculosis is what the doctors call empyema, i.e., the cavity between a lung and the chest wall fills with pus.
From Time Magazine Archive
In two cases where trypsin failed, the empyema was of long standing and the cavity walls had become rigid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not long ago empyema was one of the commonest complications; nowadays, thanks to streptomycin and skillful surgery, it afflicts fewer than one-tenth of tuberculosis patients.
From Time Magazine Archive
The second rise was accompanied by sweating, quickened pulse, and the probability of the development of an empyema had always to be considered.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
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