Pyothorax


[pahy-oh-thawr-aks, -thohr-] /ˌpaɪ oʊˈθɔr æks, -ˈθoʊr-/

noun, Pathology.
1.
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pyothorax py·o·tho·rax (pī’ə-thôr’āks’)
n.
Empyema in a plural cavity.

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