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• a variation of edema.

oedema

American  

[ih-dee-muh] / ɪˈdi mə /

noun

Pathology.

oedemata plural

1. Chiefly British. a variant of edema.

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oedema British  

/ ɪˈdiːmə, ɪˈdɛmətəs /

noun

1. pathol an excessive accumulation of serous fluid in the intercellular spaces of tissue

2. plant pathol an abnormal swelling in a plant caused by a large mass of parenchyma or an accumulation of water in the tissues

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• oedematous
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• oedemata
  plural

Etymology

Origin of oedema

C16: via New Latin from Greek oidēma, from oidein to swell