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EMPYEMA
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I. (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)
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