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empyema (em″pi-e´mә) abscess. a pleural effusion containing pus; it occurs as an occasional complication of pleurisy or some other respiratory disease. Symptoms include dyspnea, coughing, chest pain on one side, malaise, and fever. Called also pyothorax. See also pleurisy.
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