pyothorax

[pahy-oh-thawr-aks, -thohr-]

noun Pathology.

empyema.

Origin of pyothorax

First recorded in 1850–55; pyo- + thorax

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pyothorax in Medicine

pyothorax

[pī′ə-thôr′ăks′]

n.

Empyema in a plural cavity.

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