Definitions for empyemas

empyemas em·py·e·ma

Spelling: [em-pee-ee-muh, -pahy-]
IPA: /ˌɛm piˈi mə, -paɪ-/

Empyemas is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in empyemas (aeemmpsy).

Definitions for empyemas

noun

  1. a collection of pus in a body cavity, especially the pleural cavity.

Origin of empyemas

1605-15; Late Latin Greek empýēma abscess, equivalent to em- em-2 + pyē- (variant stem of pyeîn to suppurate, akin to pýon, pýos

Examples for empyemas

Infective emboli are liable to lodge in the lung or pleura, and set up pulmonary abscess, gangrene of the lung, or empyema.

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?

In rare cases the pus opens into the pleura, giving rise to empyema.

(c) Decomposition of exudates anywhere in the body, as in empyema, bronchiectasis, and large tuberculous cavities.

Cold abscess or empyema of the knee is a rare condition, in which the joint becomes filled with pus.

When three to six months have passed without any trace of secretion, the empyema may be considered cured.

Murchison refers to three cases in which it was followed by empyema.

Empima (empyema) is the hawking-up of sanies, with infection of the lung and a sanious habit.

For empyema he advises opening of the chest and indicates where and how.

(vii) If a hæmothorax suppurates, it must be treated on the ordinary lines of an empyema.

Word Value for empyemas
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16

Words with friends

18

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