empyema

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɛm.pʌɪˈiː.mə/
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/ɛm.pʌɪˈiː.mə/ · /ɛm.paɪˈiː.mə/

Definition of empyema

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma, “gathering, abscess”).

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