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
Last week the American College of Surgeons, meeting in Boston, heard of a chemical attack on tuberculous empyema which may make surgery unnecessary for some patients, more effective for others.
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
During the whole campaign the single case of primary empyema that I saw was the one recorded below, which deserves special mention as illustrating the disadvantage of extracting bullets on the field.
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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