empyema
noun
a collection of pus in a body cavity, especially the pleural cavity.
empyemic
-
a word derived from
empyema.
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Drainage tubes that have slipped up into the empyemic cavity are foreign bodies.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
