empiema
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empiema (
approfondimento) m sing (pl.: empiemi)
- (medicina) raccolta di pus in una cavità preformata dell'organismo
- em | piè | ma
dal latino tardo empyema, che deriva da ἐμπυέω cioè "suppurare"
Vedi le traduzioni
- AA.VV., Vocabolario Treccani edizione online su treccani.it, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Aldo Gabrielli, Grande dizionario italiano edizione online su grandidizionari.it, Hoepli
