Empyema

Definition: Empyema

Empyema

Noun

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

Etymology: Empyema \Em`py*e"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to suppurate; in pus.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Empyema

Domain	Definitions
Health	Presence of pus in a hollow organ or body cavity. (references)
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Crosswords: Empyema

English words defined with "empyema": Thoracoplasty. (references)

Specialty definitions using "empyema": Empyema, Pleural, Empyema, Tuberculous. (references)

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Photo Album: Empyema

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	U. S. Army Hospital Number 101, St. Nazaire, France. : Empyema case ward No. 21.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		U.S. Army. Camp Hospital No.52, Le Mans, France. : Interior view- Empyema Ward.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Usage Frequency: Empyema

"Empyema" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Empyema" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	7	133,076

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Empyema

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
empyema	55
empyema subdural	2
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Modern Translations: Empyema

Language		Translations for "empyema"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		empyem. (various references)

Dutch		empyeem. (various references)

Finnish		empyema subdurale (subdural empyema), kovakalvonalainen märkäkertymä (subdural empyema). (various references)

French		empyème, émpyème. (various references)

German		Empyem. (various references)

Greek		υποσκληρίδιο εμπύημα (subdural empyema), εμπύημα της οδοντοφυίας (dentition empyema), εμπύημα του γναθιαίου κόλπου ή του Ιγμόρειου άντρου (empyema of maxillary sinus). (various references)

Italian		empiema. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"�膿症 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ちくのうしょう. (various references)

Korean		축농증. (various references)

Pig Latin		empyemaay

Portuguese		empiema. (various references)

Spanish		empiema subdural (subdural empyema), empiema del seno maxilar (empyema of maxillary sinus), empiema de la dentición (dentition empyema). (various references)
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Derivations: Empyema

Derivations
	Words beginning with "empyema": empyemas, empyemata. (additional references)
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Rhyming with "Empyema"

Words rhyming with "empyema" (pronounced 'Em`py*e"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Diastema, Diatryma, Digamma, Dilemma, Diorama, Diploma, Dogma, Drachma, Drama, Ecphonema, Ecthyma, Edriophthalma, Emphysema, Empyreuma, Encauma, Enchondroma, Enchylemma, Endophragma, Endoplasma, Enigma, Epiblema, Epichirema, Epiphonema, Epithelioma, Epithema, Erythema, Exanthema, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, Gorma, gumma, Gyroma, Haematotherma, Helicotrema, hematoma, Hematotherma, Hyalonema, Hypermyriorama, Hypoderma, Idioplasma, Kaama, karma, Karyoplasma, Kokama, Kytoplasma, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma, Lucuma, lymphoma, magma, mahatma, Marinorama, melanoma, melasma, Melisma, miasma, mycoderma, Myocomma, Myolemma, Myoma, Myriorama, Myxoedema, Myxoma, Neorama, Neurilemma, Neuroma, NORMA, Nototrema, Nucleoidioplasma, OEdema, -oma, Oreosoma, Osteocomma, Osteoma, Osteosarcoma, Ovoplasma, Paguma, Panorama, Panstereorama, Papilloma, Paraphagma, Pelioma, Pelma, Perisoma, Phantasma, Phyma, PLASMA, Pleurosigma, Pluma, Polyorama, Programma, Prophragma, Prosoma, Protonema, Pterostigma, Pyjama, Regma, Rhinoscleroma, Rhizoma, Rhusma, rima, Rusma, sarcolemma, sarcoma, schema, Schisma, Sclerema, scleroderma, Scleroma, Scotoma, seriema, Shama, SIGMA, sima, smegma, soma, Soorma, Sorema, Spermatogemma, Spermoplasma, squama, Staphyloma, Steatoma, Stemma, stigma, stoma, stroma, struma, Syrma, Talma, teratoma, Terma, Theobroma, Tirma, trachoma, Trama, Trilemma, Tucuma, Xanthoma, Xeroderma, Yama, Yamma, Zeugma, Zygoma. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Empyema

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-m-p-y"
	-2 letters: mamey, payee.
	-3 letters: meme.
	-4 letters: amp, ape, aye, eme, eye, mae, map, may, mem, pam, pay, pea, pee, pya, pye, yam, yap, yea, yep.
	-5 letters: ae, am, ay, em, ma, me, mm, my, pa, pe, ya, ye.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-m-p-y"
	+1 letter: empyemas.
	+2 letters: emphysema, empyemata.
	+3 letters: emphysemas.
	+5 letters: impermanency.
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