Definition of Empiema

Definition of Empiema

Empyema, a medical term signifying a diseased condition of the chest, in which pus accumulates in the pleura, cures of which are sometimes effected by drawing off the pus by means of tubes.

- Wikipedia

||Em`py*e"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, from &?; to suppurate; &?; in + &?; pus.] (Med.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.

&fist; The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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