empiema
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
empiema m (plural empiemes)
Further reading
- “empiema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
empiema m (plural empiemi)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: em‧pi‧e‧ma
Noun
empiema m (plural empiemas)
Spanish
Etymology
From Scientific Latin empyema, from Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma), from Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “pus”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
empiema m (plural empiemas)
References
- ^ “empiema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Further reading
- “empiema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28