angioneurotic edema

[ ăn′jē-ō-nu-rŏt′ĭk ]

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n.

Recurring episodes of noninflammatory swelling of the skin, mucous membranes, viscera, and brain, occasionally accompanied by arthralgia, purpura, or fever.angioedema atrophedema Bannister's disease giant urticaria Quincke's disease

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angiomyoma, angiomyoneuroma, angiomyosarcoma, angioneurectomy, angioneuromyoma, angioneurotic edema, angioparalysis, angioparesis, angiopathic, angiopathy, angiophacomatosis

Example sentences from the Web for angioneurotic edema

The dye has been used upon mice and caused pronounced edema.
Synthesis of 2-methyl-4-selenoquinazolone, 2-phenylbenzoselenazole, and its derivatives|Y-Gwan Chen
On the first two occasions, one eye was closed completely by the edema.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
The name—opposed to edema—is about as close as the copyright laws permit.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
The only local anesthetic that produces edema and sloughing is quinin and urea hydrochlorid.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2|Various

The woman, however, after three doses of the scopolamine developed pulmonary edema.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley

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