英语词汇“empyema”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

empyema

/ˌɛmpʌɪˈiːmə

noun Medicine

The collection of pus in a cavity in the body, especially in the pleural cavity: [mass noun]: the treatment of empyema [count noun]: an empyema associated with liver abscesses...

These complications include pleural infection or empyema, meningitis, purulent pericarditis, or endocarditis.
An empyema or complicated pleural effusion can be identified only by examination of the pleural fluid.
Thoracic empyema is defined as an infection of the pleural space associated with the formation of thick, purulent, pleural fluid.

Origin

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

单词	empyema
释义	empyema /ˌɛmpʌɪˈiːmə / noun Medicine The collection of pus in a cavity in the body, especially in the pleural cavity: [mass noun]: the treatment of empyema [count noun]: an empyema associated with liver abscesses... These complications include pleural infection or empyema, meningitis, purulent pericarditis, or endocarditis. An empyema or complicated pleural effusion can be identified only by examination of the pleural fluid. Thoracic empyema is defined as an infection of the pleural space associated with the formation of thick, purulent, pleural fluid. Origin Late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek empuēma, from empuein 'suppurate', from em- 'in' + puon 'pus'.
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