empyema
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 7
/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
- 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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