Affected with empyema; of, relating to, or of the nature of empyema.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From empyema + -ic, after post-classical Latin empyemicus (also empimicus.
Definition of empyemic in US English:
empyemic
adjectiveˌɛmpʌɪˈiːmɪk
Medicine
Affected with empyema; of, relating to, or of the nature of empyema.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. From empyema + -ic, after post-classical Latin empyemicus (also empimicus.