edema
Multiple Entries:edema oedema
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
edema/ɪˈdiːmə/
▶noun US spelling of oedema.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oedema /ɪˈdiːmə/ (US edema)
▶noun a condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body.
– derivatives
oedematous adjective.
oedematous adjective.
– origin ME: mod. L., from Gk oidēma, from oidein ‘to swell’.
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