EMPYEMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does empyema mean? 

• EMPYEMA (noun)
  The noun EMPYEMA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EMPYEMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMPYEMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("empyema" is a kind of...):

inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "empyema"):

purulent pleurisy (a collection of pus in the lung cavity)