edema

e·de·ma

also oe·de·ma (ĭ-dē′mə)

n. pl. e·de·mas or e·de·ma·ta (-mə-tə) also oe·de·mas or oe·de·ma·ta

1. Medicine An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

2. Botany A condition of plants characterized by blisterlike swellings on the leaves or other parts, caused by an accumulation of water.

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[Middle English ydema, from Greek oidēma, a swelling, from oidein, to swell.]

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e·dem′a·tous (ĭ-dĕm′ə-təs) adj.

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edema

(ɪˈdiːmə)

n, pl -mata (-mətə)

(Pathology) the usual US spelling of oedema

edematous, eˈdemaˌtose adj

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e•de•ma

(ɪˈdi mə)

n., pl. -mas, -ma•ta (-mə tə)

1. an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the tissue spaces, cavities, or joint capsules of the body, causing swelling of the area.

2. a similar swelling in plants caused by excessive moisture.

[1490–1500; < New Latin oedēma < Greek oídēma a swelling =oidē-, variant s. of oideîn to swell + -ma n. suffix]

e•dem•a•tous (ɪˈdɛm ə təs, ɪˈdi mə-) e•dem′a•tose (-ˌtoʊs) adj.

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e·de·ma

(ĭ-dē′mə)

An excessive accumulation of fluid in body tissue that results in swelling.

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edema

abnormal collecting of fluids in the cells, tissues, and other parts of the body, causing swelling. — edematous, edematose, adj.

See also: Disease and Illness

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edema

An abnormal increase in interstitial fluid, resulting in swollen tissues.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

edema - swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities dropsy, hydrops, oedema angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema - recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs lymphedema - swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas scleredema - a skin disease marked by hard edema of the tissue usually beginning in the face cystoid macular edema - a specific pattern of swelling in the central retina puffiness, swelling, lump - an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement anasarca - generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue chemosis - edema of the mucous membrane of the eyeball and eyelid lining papilledema - swelling of the optic disc (where the optic nerve enters the eyeball); usually associated with an increase in intraocular pressure brain edema, cerebral edema - swelling of the brain due to the uptake of water in the neuropile and white matter

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Translations

Ödem

edema

ödéma

edema

edema

n (esp US) → Ödem nt

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e·de·ma

n. edema, acumulación anormal de líquido en los tejidos intracelulares;

angioneurotic ___ → ___ angioneurótico;

brain ___ → ___ cerebral;

cardiac ___ → ___ cardíaco;

dependent ___ → ___ dependiente;

pitting ___ → ___ de fóvea;

pulmonary ___ → ___ pulmonar.

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edema

n edema m, hinchazón f; pulmonary — edema pulmonar

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