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pulmonary edema

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The accumulation of fluid in the tissue of the lungs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 肺水腫 /肺水肿 (fai3 seoi2 zung2) — accumulation of fluid in lungs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肺水腫 /肺水肿 (fèishuǐzhǒng) — accumulation of fluid in lungs
  • Finnish: keuhkopöhö — accumulation of fluid in lungs
  • German: Lungenödem — accumulation of fluid in lungs
  • Indonesian: edema paru — accumulation of fluid in lungs
  • Japanese: 肺水腫 (haisuishu) — accumulation of fluid in lungs
  • Romanian: edem pulmonar — accumulation of fluid in lungs
  • Swedish: lungödem — accumulation of fluid in lungs
  • Ukrainian: на́бряк леге́нь (nábrjak lehénʹ) — accumulation of fluid in lungs