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单词 empyema
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
em•py•e•ma  (em′pē ēmə, -pī-),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologya collection of pus in a body cavity, esp. the pleural cavity. Also called pyothorax. 
  • Greek empýēma abscess, equivalent. to em- em-2 + pyē- (variant stem of pyeîn to suppurate, akin to pýon, pýos pus) + -ma noun, nominal suffix denoting result of action
  • Late Latin
  • 1605–15
em′py•emic, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
empyema /ˌɛmpaɪˈiːmə/ n ( pl -emata / -ˈiːmətə/, -emas)
  1. a collection of pus in a body cavity, esp in the chest
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Latin, from Greek empuēma abscess, from empuein to suppurate, from puon pus

ˌempyˈemic adj
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