Definition of Empyemic

1. empyema [adj] - See also: empyema

Lexicographical Neighbors of Empyemic

empuse
empuses
empuzzle
empuzzled
empyaemic
empyaemic scoliosis
empyectomy
empyema
empyema benignum
empyema necessitatis
empyema of gallbladder
empyema of the pericardium
empyema tube
empyemas
empyemata
empyemic (current term)
empyeses
empyesis
empyreal
empyrean
empyreans
empyreuma
empyreumas
empyreumatic
empyric
empyrical
empyrics
empyroses
empyrosis

Literary usage of Empyemic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Clinical Journal (1893)
"My surgical colleague, Mr. Pearce Gould, operated and found an empyemic cavity ... Another case was one where the empyemic cavity was right at the back ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"When on account of the unyielding character of the intercostal soft parts over the empyemic cavity it becomes necessary to remove them, the resulting ..."

3. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1920)
"The particular example which I have chosen in illustration of the practical application of chlorine antisepsis, is the disinfection of an empyemic cavity ..."

4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"A measurement of his empyemic cavity showed that it had a capacity of 350 ... Two days after the expulsion of this tissue the empyemic cavity held only 35 ..."

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