empyema

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma)

Noun

empyema (plural empyemas or empyemata)

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

Translations

collection of pus

Dutch: empyeem (nl)
Estonian: empüeem
French: empyème (fr) m
German: Empyem
Greek: εμπύημα (el) n (empýima)

Italian: empiema (it) m
Polish: ropniak (pl) m
Portuguese: empiema
Spanish: empiema (es) m

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