Empyema is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.
You can make 67 anagrams from letters in empyema (aeemmpy).
1605-15; Late Latin Greek empýēma abscess, equivalent to em- em-2 + pyē- (variant stem of pyeîn to suppurate, akin to pýon, pýos
If the spirits be thinner than air, how are they held by the tunic of the lung, since this lets pass the pus and serum of empyema?
Cold abscess or empyema of the knee is a rare condition, in which the joint becomes filled with pus.
(vii) If a hæmothorax suppurates, it must be treated on the ordinary lines of an empyema.
For empyema he advises opening of the chest and indicates where and how.
When three to six months have passed without any trace of secretion, the empyema may be considered cured.
(c) Decomposition of exudates anywhere in the body, as in empyema, bronchiectasis, and large tuberculous cavities.
Infective emboli are liable to lodge in the lung or pleura, and set up pulmonary abscess, gangrene of the lung, or empyema.
Empima (empyema) is the hawking-up of sanies, with infection of the lung and a sanious habit.
In rare cases the pus opens into the pleura, giving rise to empyema.
Murchison refers to three cases in which it was followed by empyema.