1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Empyema

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EMPYEMA (from Gr. ἐν, within, and πῦον, pus), a term in medicine applied to an accumulation of purulent fluid within the cavity of the pleura (see Lung: Surgery).

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Empyema

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