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noun
An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swelling
noun
A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: oedema, hydrops, dropsy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swelling, puffiness, lump
Narrower terms: angioedema, atrophedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema, lymphedema, scleredema, cystoid macular edema, anasarca, chemosis, papilledema, cerebral edema, brain edema
History
From New Latin oedēma, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”).
Across languages
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
