empyema

gathering of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity
MedicalCondition disease Q1339539
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empyema

Summary

empyema is a disease[1]. empyema draws 345 Wikipedia views per month (disease category, ranking #174 of 806).[2]

Key Facts

  • empyema's instance of is recorded as disease[3].
  • empyema's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[4].
  • empyema is a type of suppuration[5].
  • empyema's Commons category is recorded as Empyemas[6].
  • empyema's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • empyema's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • empyema's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[9].
  • empyema's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • empyema's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • empyema's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 510[12].
  • empyema's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C34572[13].
  • empyema's health specialty is recorded as pulmonology[14].
  • empyema's health specialty is recorded as surgery[15].

Why It Matters

empyema draws 345 Wikipedia views per month (disease category, ranking #174 of 806).[2] empyema has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] empyema is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q24507537. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q24734567. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q24734567. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of disease, infectious disease
    Aliases
    Described by source Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition +2
    Subclass of suppuration
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22248, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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