| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| empyema |
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| SYLLABICATION: | em·py·e·ma |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m p -  m |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. em·py·e·ma·ta (-m-t)
The presence of pus in a body cavity, especially the pleural cavity. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin empyma, from Greek empuma, from empuein, to suppurate. See p - in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | empy·emic —ADJECTIVE
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