empyeem
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Etymology edit
From New Latin empyema, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma, “internal pustulence”).
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empyeem n (plural empyemen)
- empyema
- 1838, Philipp Franz von Walther, Stelsel der heelkunde, Volume 1, tr. from German, J. D. Sijbrandi (publ.), page 95.
- Zoo zijn empyemen der schedelholte bijna altijd, empyemen der borst en buikholten zeer dikwerf, doodelijk.
- For instance, empyemas of the cranial cavity are nearly always, empyemas of the chest and abdominal cavities are very frequent;y, fatal.
- 1838, Philipp Franz von Walther, Stelsel der heelkunde, Volume 1, tr. from German, J. D. Sijbrandi (publ.), page 95.