empyema

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma, “gathering, abscess”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛm.pʌɪˈiː.mə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛm.paɪˈiː.mə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə

Noun

empyema (plural empyemas or empyemata)

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

Derived terms

• empyematous
• empyemic

 

Related terms

• pyo- (and its derivatives)

 

Translations

collection of pus

• Catalan: empiema
• Chinese: 積膿 / 积脓 (zh)
• Dutch: empyeem (nl)
• Estonian: empüeem
• Finnish: empyeema
• French: empyème (fr) m
• German: Empyem
• Greek: εμπύημα (el) n (empýima)

  Ancient: ἐμπύημα n (empúēma)

• Italian: empiema (it) m
• Japanese: 蓄膿症 (ja)
• Polish: ropniak (pl) m
• Portuguese: empiema
• Spanish: empiema (es) m
• Swedish: empyem n
• Turkish: ampiyem (tr)

References

• “empyema”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “empyema”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.