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Definition of Empyesis
1. n. An eruption of pustules.
Definition of Empyesis
1. Noun. (medicine) An eruption of pustules. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Empyesis
1. a skin eruption containing pus [n EMPYESES]
Medical Definition of Empyesis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Empyesis
Literary usage of Empyesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The study of medicine by John Mason Good, Samuel Cooper (1829)
"empyesis is a term of Hippocrates, and is to be found ... The genus empyesis
contains not more than a single species that has yet been discovered, ..."
2. Pronouncing medical lexicon: Containing the Correct Pronunciation and by Charles Harley Cleaveland (1871)
"empyesis, Ein-pi-e-sis; suppuration. empyesis OCULI, — Ok;yi^-lj; jms in 'lie
chambers i if the eye. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by William Lawrence (1833)
"case is culled empyesis oculi, which is equivalent to suppuration of the eye.
Hypopyon, then, is not to be regarded as a peculiar disease of the eye; ..."
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