Disease or Syndrome
pleural empyema
[ ploo r-uhl em-pee-ee-muh, -pahy- ]
Subclass of:
Respiratory Tract Infections; Pleural Diseases; Empyema
Definitions related to empyema, pleural:
  • (pyothorax) The presence of pus in the thoracic cavity, between the visceral and parietal pleura.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (pleural empyema) Accumulation of pus in the pleural cavity.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Suppurative inflammation of the pleural space.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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