a. Med. Obs. rare–1. [f. Gr. ἐμπυηματ- stem of ἐμπύημα + -OUS.] Belonging to or suffering from EMPYEMA. So † Empyematic [see -IC].
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 45. Eaten by those that have the peripneumony, or are empyematous;… and those that spit forth empyematous matter.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., VIII. 267/1. It [Nettle] is good for hæmoptoïck and empyematick persons.
