/ɪˈdiː.mə/
OriginFrom New Latin edema, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”).
- An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
“dependent edema”
“lower extremity edema”
“In the patients with myocardial edemas [247, 471] it was shown that, despite a considerable loss of fluid via the kidneys after the intravenous administration of a short-acting and very effective diur”
- A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.
Formsedemas(plural) · edemata(plural) · oedema(alternative, UK) · œdema(alternative, UK, nonstandard)