empyema

Meaning of empyema

noun

the collection of pus in a cavity in the body, especially in the pleural cavity.
the treatment of empyema
an empyema associated with liver abscesses

late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek empuēma, from empuein ‘suppurate’, from em- ‘in’ + puon ‘pus’.

Information about empyema

It is a name.
The plural form of empyema is: empyemas.
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Hyphenation of empyema

empyema

It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
empyema is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of empyema

Spanish: empiema
Italian: empiema
Portuguese: empiema

Words that rhyme with empyema

Dicyema, Spathyema, Manyema, arthroempyema, pneumoempyema, typhloempyema

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