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Empyema Moderate

Empyema has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity)

2

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

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inflammatory disease
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
purulent pleurisy
Rhyming Words
tema bema sema pema nema mema lema jema hema fema eema nzema trema drema crema noema enema tmema ulema thema
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