EMPYEMA
\ɛmpɪˈɛmə], \ɛmpɪˈɛmə], \ɛ_m_p_ɪ__ˈɛ_m_ə]\
Definitions of EMPYEMA
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Daniel Lyons
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A collection of blood or pus, and, conventionally, of other fluid, in some cavity of the body, and particularly in that of the pleura. Empyema is one of the terminations of inflammation of the pleura. The operation for empyenta properly means the making of an opening into the thorax for the purpose of giving issue to the matter collected in the cavity of the pleura, although it has been used for the operation required for the evacuation of any fluid from the chest, or synonymously with Parencentesis thoracis.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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