empiema

Catalan

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əm.piˈə.mə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əm.piˈɛ.mə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /em.piˈe.ma/
  • Hyphenation: em‧pi‧e‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemes)

  1. (pathology) empyema

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /emˈpjɛ.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
  • Hyphenation: em‧piè‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemi)

  1. (pathology) empyema

Portuguese

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemas)

  1. (medicine) empyema (accumulation of pus)

Spanish

Etymology

From Scientific Latin empyema, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma), from Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “pus”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /emˈpjema/ [ẽmˈpje.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: em‧pie‧ma

Noun

empiema m (plural empiemas)

  1. (pathology) empyema

References
  1. “empiema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading
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