edema
noun
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
edematous
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a word derived from
edema.
Example Sentences
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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
Definition.—This disease is a septic bacterial intoxication, acute and infectious in character, and is manifested by edematous swellings of the subcutaneous connective tissue, and hemorrhages on the mucous membrane and in the internal organs.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
Galvanopuncture for laryngeal tuberculosis has yielded excellent results in reducing the large pyriform edematous swellings of the aryepiglottic folds when ulceration has not yet developed.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
