a. Med. Obs. rare. [ad. Gr. ἐμπυικός suppurating.] That suffers from EMPYEMA.
[1657. Phys. Dict., Empyici, are such as have an imposthume or bladder broken in the side of the lungs.]
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., V. 141/2. This Sinus is especially considerable in tapping Empyick persons.
