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empyema
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[ˌɛmpʌɪˈiːmə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the collection of pus in a cavity in the body, especially in the pleural cavity
(e.g: the treatment of empyema)
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Origin
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late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek empuēma, from empuein ‘suppurate’, from em- ‘in’ + puon ‘pus’
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