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Empyema
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from Gr. Ev, within, and iriiov, pus), a term in medicine applied to an accumulation of purulent fluid within the cavity of the pleura (see LUNG: Surgery).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Empyema'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/empyema.html. 1910.