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The face was often grossly edematous with the eyes completely closed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most of the time, his face is serious, soft, and his features are slightly edematous, particularly his nose, which looks as if it has been puttied in place.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Chairman was fitted with a new Mao suit to conceal edematous bloating.

From Time Magazine Archive

These are sharply defined and edematous swellings of the skin about the size of a half dollar or may be even larger.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

When seen by Dr. Allen the prepuce was retracted and edematous, the whole penis was much swollen, and there were large, perfectly raw surfaces on either side of the glans.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Ellis, Havelock